Gwybodaeth Modiwlau
Module Identifier
WL31720
Module Title
ASIAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
Academic Year
2012/2013
Co-ordinator
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
_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
_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
_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
Content
_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
_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
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6