CHLS 412A - Centralizing Latinx Narratives: Seminar in Writing Self–Autoethnography

(3 units)

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Completion of at least 60 units or consent of instructor. Students must have scored 11 or higher on the GWAR Placement Examination or completed the necessary portfolio course that is a prerequisite for a GWAR Writing Intensive Capstone.

Students practice autoethnography as an act of writing about self to explore and understand one’s culture. Examines Latinx autobiography and memoir, theories on autoethnographies as decolonial methodology, and creative processes of narrating lived experiences. Students write and workshop autoethnographies to generate knowledge of self and community.

Letter grade only (A-F). Not repeatable for credit. Double Numbered with: CHLS 512A