Advanced Topics in Literature and Culture (376-0-1)

Topic

Memory + Identity in Asian American Literature

Instructors

Michelle Huang
847/491-6837
University 226
Office Hours: T 2pm - 3pm; W 2pm - 3pm

Meeting Info

Kresge Centennial Hall 2-335: Tues, Thurs 11:00AM - 12:20PM

Overview of class

How can writers represent inaccessible stories, ones lost to the passage of history? This class explores how literature functions as repositories of minority histories and memories, as meditations on the process of assembling and collecting stories, and as imaginings of alternative histories and futures. Given the difficulty of assembling a coherent Asian American identity, our examinations will be defined as much by the absences, gaps, and contradictions of Asian America's collective memory as by what is found within it.

Class Materials (Required)

- Citizen 13660, Miné Okubo (978-0295959894)

· The Night Parade, Jami Nakamura Lin (978-0063213234)

· Bitter in the Mouth, Monique Truong (978-0812981322)

· Dictee, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (978-0520390485)

· Anil's Ghost, Michael Ondaatje (978-0375724374)

All other readings will be available on Canvas.

Class Attributes

Literature and Arts Foundational Discipline
Literature & Fine Arts Distro Area
U.S. Perspectives on Power, Justice, and Equity