Fall 2017  |  ENGL 4311 Section 001: Asian American Literature and Drama (34526)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Meets With:
AAS 4311 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017
Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 315
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Literary/dramatic works by Asian American writers. Historical past of Asian America through perspective of writers such as Sui Sin Far and Carlos Bulosan. Contemporary artists such as Frank Chin, Maxine Hong Kingston, David Henry Hwang, and Han Ong. Political/historical background of Asian American artists, their aesthetic choices.
Class Notes:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jolee+ENGL4311+Fall2017
Class Description:
This course focuses on the literary and theatrical contributions of American artists of Asian descent. Through these novels, memoirs, poetry, stories, and plays, we can understand the particular connections between literary form, expression, and production and the social formations of race, ethnicity, nationalism, class, gender, and sexuality. Asian Americans come from a diverse range of national and cultural backgrounds; likewise their literature and drama presents many different perspectives and experiences. This course will not attempt a survey of these works; rather our readings and discussions will reflect particular preoccupations that regularly surface in these works. These include migration (and its accompanying states of disorientation and acts of reinvention), racism and stereotypes, the "road trip," and redefining home. We'll pay special attention to Asian American experiences in Minnesota and other parts of the Midwest. This course satisfies the core requirement for the Asian American Studies minor as well as elective requirements for the English major and minor.
Exam Format:
75% Reports/Papers
15% Attendance
10% Class Participation
Class Format:
10% Lecture
75% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations
Workload:
75 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Paper(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34526/1179
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
3 March 2015

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