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Academic Year 2001/2002

Asian American Literature and Its Discontents
ENGL 344 SP

Is there such a thing as an "Asian American" Literature? The course will survey Asian American writing before WWII, the emergence of Asian American literature as first anthologized in AIIIEEE (1974) fueled by the Yellow Power Movement to the various cultural and literary challenges since then posed in terms of gender, sexuality and colonialism. Through various literary and filmic texts by and about Asian/Asian American women, we will examine the intersection of gender, sexuality and ethnicity in the se cultural productions and how these themes have evolved and been challenged throughout the 20th century.

MAJOR READINGS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ENGL    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002

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