ENGL 2620 - Introduction to Asian American Literature

(crosslisted) AAS 2620, AMST 2620
(ALC-AS, LA-AS, SCD-AS) (EC-SAP)

Spring. 4 credits. Student option grading.

This course counts toward the Literatures of the Americas and post-1800 requirements for English majors.

J. Hu Pegues.

This course will introduce both a variety of writings by Asian North American authors and some critical issues concerning the production and reception of Asian American texts. Working primarily with novels, we will be asking questions about the relation between literary forms and the socio-historical context within which they take on their meanings, and about the historical formation of Asian American identities. This course satisfies the Literatures of the Americas requirement for English majors.