October 4th, 2021 
Read “Two Poems on Urban Buses” by Roque Dalton. How does Dalton present Karl Marx’s theory of the dialectic and Antonio Gramsci’s theory of hegemony in these two poems? I want you to begin this assignment by conducting some research on the writer and his work. In the introductory paragraph of your essay, provide a brief biography of Roque Dalton and identify the context within which Two Poems on Urban Buses was written. Be sure to include a Works Cited page using the MLA format (See your handbook or the Purdue OWL).
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