After Orientalism: Asian American Literature and Theory After 2000
ENGL 361
Fall 2022
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01
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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: (AMST)(CEAS-MN)(CEAS)(CSCT)(ENGL) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Gina Apostol, INSURRECTO
Amitav Ghosh, GUN ISLAND
Chang-rae Lee, ON SUCH A FULL SEA
Tao Lin, TAIPEI
Ling Ma, SEVERANCE
Viet Nguyen, THE SYMPATHIZER
Julie Otsuka, BUDDHA IN THE ATTIC
Charles Yu, INTERIOR CHINATOWN
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Examinations and Assignments:
2 shorter papers, 1 final paper, weekly responses, presentation |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Contributes to fulfillment of ENGL major requirements:
Lit Hist. 3, American Literature, World Literature, elective |
| Instructor(s): Tang,Amy Cynthia Times: .M.W... 02:50PM-04:10PM; Location: FISK122; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 5 | JR major: 5 | | |
| Seats Available: 6 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 3 | FR: X |
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