Course Details
Country:
Korea, South
Institution:
Yonsei University International Summer School
Course Title:
ASIAN AMERICAN LITERATURE 2024
Course Number:
IEE2042
Course Description:
Take a cursory glance at recent critical work on Asian American Studies, and you’ll notice immediately how often the term “Asian America” appears, as if such a formation actually exists. Less a claim to take actual territory from the United States than a broad appeal to grant Asians a place at the American table of citizenship and national belonging, the literature of Asian Americans can be productively read alongside persistent yet often divergent, even contested, visions of Asian America. This course is designed to trace one such trajectory in the creation and recreation of Asian America through literature. Paying special attention to the political, economic, and social constraints during the time of their production and reception, we will examine how Asian American literary work both reflected and transformed the social protocols of their day, and in doing so helped to reimagine what it means to be “Asian,” or “American,” and
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
ENGH 352
Attachment Files:
42.24_IEE204201-11_6w_ASIAN_AMERICAN_LITERATURE_이경진교수님_P1 (1).pdf
