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Academic Year 2002/2003
Asian American Literature and Its Discontents
ENGL 243 FA
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) to the various
cultural,
demographic and literary challenges since then posed in terms of gender, sexuality, language and colonialism. Through various literary and filmic texts, we will examine the intersection of gender, sexuality and
ethnicity
at the level of language in these cultural productions and how these themes have evolved and been challenged throughout the 20th century.
MAJOR READINGS
Maxine Hong Winston, WOMAN WARRIOR
R. Zamora Linmark, ROLLING THE R'S
Bharati Mukherjee, JASMINE
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, DICTEE
Lois Ann Yamanaka, BLU'S HANGING
Jessica Hagedorn, DOGEATERS
Chee,
EDINBURGH
R=Reader
Excerpts
from:
MAKING WAVES, AN ANTHOLOGY OF WRITINGS BY AND ABOUT ASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN
Chin et all, AIIIEEE (anthology)
Films: MY AMERICA...OR HONK IF YOU LOVE BUDDHA, SLAYING THE DRAGON, FLOWER DRUM SONG, JOY LUCK CLUB
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Students will submita total of 10 1 - 1 1/2 page reaction/inquiry papers due on the day's assigned reading(s). Once during the semester, each student will present an aspect of the class session's reading assignment.
Grades will be based on a midterm
exam and one 10-12 page final paper, inquiry papers, presentations and active listening and participation in class discussion.
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
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Isaac,Allan Punzalan
- Times: ..T.R.. 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: FISK116
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 30)
- SR. major: 6 Jr. major: 8
- SR. non-major: 4 Jr. non-major: 4 SO: 4 FR: 4
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Reading Non-Verbal Texts, Speaking
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Last Updated on MAR-18-2003
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