- Spring 2016
Syllabus Description:
Engl 257 SQ16 weeks 2 & 3 revised schedule.docx
Revised Reading Schedule Week 7b and Week 8-1.docx
COURSE EVALUATION LINK:
https://uw.iasystem.org/survey/161412
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Additional Details:
Asian American populations have been deeply impacted by restrictive immigration legislation and American foreign policy, putting its peoples in a unique position for defining Americanness. How do artists with an Asian ancestry challenge a country that ostensibly celebrates diversity yet looks with suspicion on the foreign? We’ll look at the creation of “Asian American literature” as a category to examine this question. Why was Asian American literature created? Who is Asian American literature for?
We will be engaging with the short stories of Jhumpa Lahiri; the essays of Carlos Bulosan and Alex Tizon, the comedy of Eddie Huang and Margaret Cho; and novels by Annie Choi and Chang-rae Lee.