Artifacts of US Empire: Post-Cold War Narratives of Migration and Multiethnic Literature
WRCT 303
Spring 2020
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01
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| Crosslisting:
AMST 263, ENGL 331 |
This course focuses on post-cold war literature about migrating to the US. By reading diasporic fiction coming out of and about Indian, Iranian, Cuban, Dominican, Filipino, Vietnamese, and Korean diasporas, students will examine how stories of migrating to the US are noteworthy artifacts of US empire. Importantly, we will question the ways in which these texts are tasked with the work of representing empire, imperialism, trauma, violence, and, for that matter, assimilation, meritocracy, and the US as benevolent nation-state. How do they challenge these expectations? Rescript them? Fall into their alluring traps? |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA WRCT |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AMST)(ENGL) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Texts will include work by scholars such as Lisa Lowe, Mae Ngai, José Muñoz, Jodi Melamed, and Moon-Kie Jung, and fiction by Julia Alvarez, Lan Cao, Jhumpa Lahiri, Junot Díaz, Nora Okja Keller, Marjane Satrapi, Gina Apostol, Achy Obejas, Cristina Garcia, and more.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Assignments will include weekly Moodle responses, 3 short close reading papers, and a final research project. |
| Instructor(s): Silber,Lauren Times: ..T.R.. 02:50PM-04:10PM; Location: DWNY200; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 18 | | SR major: 9 | JR major: 9 | | |
| Seats Available: 1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 0 | SO: 0 | FR: 0 |
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