Module Information

Module Identifier

WL31720

Module Title

ASIAN AMERICAN LITERATURE

Academic Year

2012/2013

Co-ordinator

Dr Helena Grice

Semester

Intended for use in future years

Course Delivery

Delivery Type	Delivery length / details
Seminars / Tutorials	20 Hours. 10 x 2 hour workshop seminars

Assessment

Assessment Type	Assessment length / details	Proportion
Semester Assessment	Continuous Assessment: 2 x 2,500 word essays	100%
Supplementary Assessment	Resubmit any failed elements and/or make good any missing elements. Where this involves re-submission of work, a new topic must be selected.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this module students should typically be able to:

1. demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of a range of Asian American writing in its historical and cultural contexts;

2. demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of theories of Asian American cultural production;

3. demonstrate an ability to express themselves cleraly in writing and speech.

Aims

_Programme

_1: Introduction to Asian American Literature
Beginning Ethnic American Literatures, chapters 1&3

_2: Telling the Gold Mountain Story
Maxine Hong Kingston, China Men

_3: Chinese American Mother/Daughter Writing
Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club. Extract from Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior

_4: Japanese American Writing
John Okada, No-No Boy

_5: Writing Against Red China
Anchee Min, Red Azalea

_6: Filipino American Writing
Carlos Bulosan, America is in the Heart

_7: Korean American Writing
Chang Rae Lee, Native Speaker

_8: Writing Hawai'i
Kathleen Tyau, A Little Too Much Is Enough

_9: South Asian American Writing
Bharati Mukherjee, Jasmine

_10: The Asian American Short Story
Text to be announced: photocopy provided

Brief description

Content

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 6