Introduction to Asian American Literature
ENGL 230
Fall 2019
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01
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| Crosslisting:
AMST 264, CEAS 231 |
| Course Cluster: Asian American Studies |
This course introduces students to Asian American literature, literary criticism, and culture by surveying how meanings of "America" have long depended on "Asian America." Conventional understandings of this relationship in US literature and history tend to emphasize Chinese Americans in California, Asian exclusion laws, model minority myths, changing patterns in Asian immigration following relaxed restrictions between 1965-68, and the institutionalization of Asian American studies in higher education in the 1970s. We will pay attention to these contexts, but we will also focus on emergent trajectories, including representations of Asian Americans in the South, critical refugee studies, and how global cultures such as breakdancing stage Asian American self-representation. By examining a range of genres and the critical apparatuses that these works have generated, we will explore how representing Asian America has shaped the making of American culture. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AMST)(CEAS-MN)(CEAS)(CEAS-Lit&Cult)(ENGL)(ENGL-Literature) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Michael Golamco, COWBOY VERSUS SAMURAI
Maxine Hong Kingston, THE WOMAN WARRIOR
Ruth Ozeki, A TALE FOR THE TIME BEING
Gene Luen Yang, AMERICAN BORN CHINESE
Linda Vo, Cathy Schlund-Vials, K. Scott Wong, KEYWORDS FOR ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES (recommended)
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Examinations and Assignments:
3 papers (two shorter, one longer), weekly responses, class presentation |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course meets the Literature of Difference major requirement and contributes to the American Literature and Race & Ethnicity concentrations for the English major and the American Studies Major |
| Instructor(s): Nguyen,Marguerite Times: ..T.R.. 01:20PM-02:40PM; Location: FISK414; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 25 | | SR major: 5 | JR major: 5 | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 5 | SO: 5 | FR: 2 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 7 | 1st Ranked: 4 | 2nd Ranked: 1 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 2 |
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