This READING INTENSIVE course will engage with the literary productions by writers that have been categorized as belonging to the field of Asian American fiction writing. While questioning the appropriateness, limitations, and desirability of the umbrella term “Asian American,” this class will study works by writers such as Sui Sin Far, John Okada, Carlos Bulosan, Sara Sureli, Sigrid Nunez, Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn, Karen Tei Tamashita. Some of the leading questions of this seminar will be: What kind of U.S. American/Asian American identities do the authors represent in their respective works? How do they reinforce, rewrite, and/or challenge U.S. American stereotypes about Asian Americans? How do they address issues of gender, sexuality, race, and ethnicity in a global changing world?
Rhythmus | Tag | Uhrzeit | Format / Ort | Zeitraum | |
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wöchentlich | Mo | 14-16 | C01-258 | 12.04.-23.07.2010 |
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Studiengang/-angebot | Gültigkeit | Variante | Untergliederung | Status | Sem. | LP | |
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Anglistik: British and American Studies / Bachelor | (Einschreibung bis SoSe 2011) | Kern- und Nebenfach | BaAngPM6 | 3 | |||
Anglistik: British and American Studies / Master of Education | (Einschreibung bis SoSe 2014) | BaAngPM6 | 3 | ||||
Anglistik: British and American Studies (GHR) / Bachelor | (Einschreibung bis SoSe 2011) | Kern- und Nebenfach | BaAngPM6 | 3 | |||
Anglistik: British and American Studies (GHR) / Master of Education | (Einschreibung bis SoSe 2014) | BaAngPM6 | 3 |
Course Requirements:
1. Two credits: In groups of three to four, B.A. students will present one of the primary texts required for this course. M.A. students (might) present individually. Details about the presentations will be give in due time.
2. Three credits: B.A. students will write a 7 page research essay on a book analysed in class. M.A. students will write a 20 to 25 page paper.
3. All papers are due two weeks after classes have ended. Deadline is firm: No exceptions will be made.