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Seminar on Asian Societies:
Asian American History and Literature
| Prof. Peter
Li Office: Scott Hall 323 Office Phone: 932-5592 (0) E-mail: Peli@rci.rutgers.edu |
Spring
2001
MW 5, Scott Hall 102 |
Course Description
Often marginalized and deprived of their place in their adopted homeland, Asian Americans, separated by geography and culture from their Asian roots, have struggled for just treatment and their rightful place in American society. This course, an introduction to Asian American history and literature, will trace the path of Asian immigrants through the generations as they invented their own distinctive culture and sensibilities. We will discuss the Asian American experience as represented in literature about "Growing up Asian American," and the conflict of values and loyalties, the struggles to stay separate and assimilate, and the continuing fight to claim America as their own. Through biography, autobiography, fiction, film and drama, we will construct the Asian American experience, and identify the Asian American voice through time. Readings will include the books listed below.
Course Requirement
| Attendance, Participation, Journals, Reports (oral and writtten) | 30% |
| Two Papers | |
| First Paper | 20% |
| Final Term Paper | 30% |
| Group Project: Interviews and Community Interaction | 20% |
| ___________ | |
| 100 Points |
Required
Texts
(Available at Recto & Verso Bookstore, 90 Albany Street.
Tel: 732/247-2324)
Asian American Studies: A Reader. Edited by Jean Wu and Min Song. Rutgers University Press, 2000.
Charlie Chang is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction. Edited by Jessica Hangedorn. Penguin Books, 1993.
Growing Up Asian American. Edited by Maria Hong. Avon Books, 1993.
The Big Aiiieeeee! An Anthology of Chinese American and Japanese American Literature. Edited by Jeffery Paul Chan, Frank Chin, Lawson Fusao Inada, and Shawn Wong. Meridian Book, 1991.
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Asian
Languages and Cultures |