ENGL 200 A: Reading Literary Forms

Winter 2022
Meeting:
MTWTh 9:30am - 10:20am / SMI 305
SLN:
14314
Section Type:
Lecture
Instructor:
ADD CODES FROM INSTRUCTOR PD 3 TITLE: TRACING 20TH-CENTURY U.S. RACIALIZATION THROUGH LITERARY FORM
Syllabus Description (from Canvas):

English 200A – Tracing 20th-Century U.S. Racialization through Literary Forms

Course Description

This course reads literary forms—a novel, a graphic novel, short stories and film—alongside other primary and secondary sources for tracing U.S. racialization across the 20th century. The following periodization is covered: early 20th-century Yellow Peril, the interwar “rising tide of color,” Japanese American internment as the contradictory turning point toward the “inclusive” U.S. state, postwar integration, Vietnamese America and neoliberal multiculturalism.

Students will lead discussion of most of the texts, and all writing will go through peer review. Two 5-page major papers and four 2-page response papers will be produced, as this course carries the “W” credit.

Materials

  • Du Bois, W.E.B. 1928. Dark Princess: A Romance (ISBN-13: 978-0199387434).
  • Abe, Frank & Tamiko Nimura. 2021. We Hereby Refuse (‎ISBN-13: 978-1634059763).
  • Eat a Bowl of Tea (film). 1989. Dir: Wayne Wang, based on the 1961 novel by Louis Chu.
  • Heaven & Earth (film). 1993. Dir: Oliver Stone, based on a 1989 novel by Le Ly Hayslip.
  • The Namesake (film). 2006. Dir: Mira Nair, based on the 2003 novel by Jhumpa Lahiri.
  • All other required texts will be made available electronically through Canvas.
Catalog Description:
Covers techniques and practice in reading and enjoying literature in its various forms: poetry, drama, prose fiction, and film. Examines such features of literary meanings as imagery, characterization, narration, and patterning in sound and sense. Offered: AWSp.
GE Requirements Met:
Arts and Humanities (A&H)
Writing (W)
Credits:
5.0
Status:
Active
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