After Orientalism: Asian American Literature and Theory After 2000
ENGL 361
Spring 2026
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| Crosslisting:
AMST 313 |
| Course Cluster and Certificates: Asian American Studies |
From early articulations of cultural nationalist pride to today's transnational, intersectional, deconstructive, feminist, and queer critiques, Asian American studies is a field that has radically expanded and transformed since its original emergence out of the Third World and student strikes of the late 1960s. This course seeks to take the temperature of Asian America today by exploring a range of contemporary works published after the millennium, more than 30 years after the field's inception. Alongside a selection of novels, poetry, short stories, and graphic novels by some of the most acclaimed contemporary writers in America, we will also consider critical and theoretical texts that offer different perspectives on our contemporary historical moment, exploring frameworks of modernity, postmodernity, neoliberalism, and the university as ways of situating contemporary Asian America's aesthetic innovations. Though not required, it is strongly recommended that students have taken ENGL230 Introduction to Asian American Literature or a comparable substitute prior to enrolling. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (American Studies)(College of East Asian Studies Minor)(College of East Asian Studies)(English)(Social, Cultural and Critical Theory Certificate) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Gina Apostol, INSURRECTO; ISBN-10: ¿1616959444
Min Jin Lee, PACHINKO; ISBN10: 1455563920
Ling Ma, SEVERANCE; ISBN-10: ¿1250214998
Viet Nguyen, THE SYMPATHIZER; ISBN-10: 0802124941
Julie Otsuka, BUDDHA IN THE ATTIC; ISBN-10: 0307744426
Ruth Ozeki, A TALE FOR THE TIME BEING; ISBN-10: 0143124870
Ed Park, SAME BED DIFFERENT DREAMS; ISBN-10: ¿0812978579
Ocean Vuong, NIGHT SKY WITH EXIT WOUNDS; ISBN-10: 155659495X
Charles Yu, SORRY, PLEASE THANK YOU; ISBN-10: 0307948463
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Examinations and Assignments:
weekly forum posts, two short papers, one longer final, group presentation |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Contributes to the fulfillment of the following ENGL major requirements: AL, LH3, Research Option |
| Instructor(s): Tang,Amy Cynthia Times: .M.W... 02:50PM-04:10PM; Location: TBA |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: 15 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 2 | FR: X |
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