Final Exam, Chicano Literature

Hola Clase! Espero que todos gozaron de las celebraciones, pero ahora es tiempo de trabajar de nuevo y alimentar nuestras mentes con mas Chicanada!

This your final exam, which will be turned in this Thursday, July 9th. There are a total of 10 questions. 5 essay question dealing with the material read/discussed/viewed in class. 

They are short essay questions, meaning that I expect at least 2/3 well written paragraphs. 

The next 5 questions will deal with your suggestions/opinions on the class itself. I ask that you are honest and give me some great feedback to better the class. You will not get points taken off or be frowned upon. I want to make this the best class possible class so that students may learn about Chicanos. These 5 question do not need to be as long as the essay questions.

Final Exam Questions:

1. In a general sense, how would you personally describe to someone what Chicano Literature is? What is the overall tone/feeling of Chicano writers?

2. In your opinion will Spanglish ever be an accepted language among academia? Where do you see the future of this "underground" language evolving?

3. In The House on Mango Street, had the protagonist been a young boy what would be some of the same conflicts he might have faced? Could this book have been written from young boy's perspective and still had the same impact on its readers?

4. The two films we saw were heavily influence by the Chicano culture. What were some of the common threads that we saw in both films that made them "Chicano"?

5. The protagonist in "Bless Me, Ultima" is in a constant struggle for self identity. This seems to have been a common theme among the literature we have read during this course. In your opinion, will the Chicano culture ever be able to find their identity? Why or why not? 

These next question are for the purpose of bettering the class and do not have to be in essay format. 

1. How much did you know about Chicano culture before this class and did this class help you get a better sense of Chicano culture through its literature? Can you give some examples?

2. Which assignment (films included) helped you the most and why?

3. Which assignment (film included) helped you the least and why?

4. If you could make one (more) recommendation to better the class, what would it be?

5. How will you apply what you learned in this class to better our small world? :-)