Legacy Course Catalog
ENGL 396A - Asian American Literature
| Effectivity: | 01/07/2008 - 05/03/2008 @ Purdue West Lafayette Traditional |
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| Credits: | 3 |
| Instructional Types: | Lec |
| Usually Offered: | fal spr |
| Short Title: | Asian American Lit |
| Description: | How are Asian Americans depicted in literature and media? What does it mean to be Asian American? In this course we will examine stereotypes, issues of gender, class, family, and identity, ideas on immigration and assimilation, and "double consciousness," what W.E.B. DuBois called a "sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others." We will read and discuss a range of fiction, essays, and poetry by Asian American writers, including Maxine Hong Kingston, Chang-rae Lee, Jhumpa Lahiri, Julie Otsuka, Gish Jen, Carlos Bulosan, Amy Tan, Garrett Hongo, and Le Thi Diem Thuy. This course fulfills the CLA core requirement for racial and ethnic diversity and the ethnicity requirement for English Education majors. |
| School: | College Of Liberal Arts |
| Department: | English |
| Credit By Exam: | NO |
| Repeatable Flag: | YES |
| Temporary Flag: | YES |
| Full Time Privilege Flag: | NO |
| Honors Flag: | NO |
| Variable Title Flag: | NO |
Fall 2007 *** indicates the course was still an active course and was transferred to the Banner Catalog effective Spring 2008. This course was not expired Fall 2007.
