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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE (L16)  (Dept. Info)Arts & Sciences  (Policies)SP2019

L16 Comp Lit 313AOcean, Island, Ghetto, Globe: An Introduction to Asian American Lit3.0 Units
Description:Where do Asian Americans belong? This question has long been a problem for Asian Americans. The disparate routes Asian migrants took to the U.S. tie their stories "here" to a "there" overseas. Meanwhile, their places here in the U.S. have been ambivalent: embraced as model minorities but also excluded as racial others, foreigners, even potential traitors. Out of this history comes a literature that wrestles with the problem of place and setting. From fiction to poetry to graphic novels, this course will introduce us to the range of Asian American literature and stretch our ideas of what it can be and where it can travel. Through this literature, we'll examine how Asian Americans have imagined their horizons of belonging when their places in the nation and world are unclear. We'll journey from familiar Asian American settings-Chinatown, the island, the Asia-Pacific-to less familiar ones-the American hemisphere, the trans-Atlantic, global utopias, fantasy worlds. Across these diverse settings, Asian American literature questions where and why we draw the boundaries of community, identity, and political responsibility in an increasingly migrant world. Authors may include Monique Truong, Frank Chin, Rishi Reddi, Marjorie Liu, Cathy Park Hong, and Ruth Ozeki. Satisfies the Twenthieth Century and later requirement.
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Course Type:IdentSame As:L14 313  L46 313  L97 3130  L98 3131Frequency:None / History
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