Asian American Studies
Term: Spring 2023 - Full Term (01/24/2023 - 05/08/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
CRN: 56230
Times & Locations
Start Date | End Date | Days | Time | Location |
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1/24/2023 | 5/8/2023 | MW | 11:10am - 12:30pm | HS 108 |
Spring 2023 Special Topic: Asian American Studies in Prose and Pictures
“I’m not a virus” resonated among Asian North Americans during the height of anti-Asian violence, instigated by the Covid-19 pandemic. With allies, they railed against a resurgence of the repellant notion of a Yellow Peril. They called for better understanding and new representations of Asian North Americans. What do you want to learn about the histories, cultures, and stories of Asian North Americans? This course will use both very contemporary written works (novels, short stories, poetry) and the medium of graphic narrative to widen our understanding of who Asian North Americans are as expressed in their own words and self-images. Possible course texts include the following pairings: Cao’s novel Monkey Bridge with GB Tran’s graphic narrative Vietnamerica; Ng’s novel Everything I Never Told You with Chong and Webber’s graphic pathography Dancing After TEN; Otsuka’s novel When the Emperor Was Divine with Tamaki’s collection of graphic narrative vignettes Boundless, among other titles.
In Spring 2023 this course satisfies the Race Requirement for English Department majors.
In Spring 2023 this course satisfies a DH (Digital Humanities) requirement for ENGL: TBD majors.
In Spring 2023 this course satisfies a Post-1800 Literature requirement for English Department majors.
ENGL 738 may be taken for Capstone credit by general English majors if not used to satisfy other major requirement areas. Pick up a Capstone Declaration Form in the main English office (HS 230F) if interested.