ASAM0103 - Introduction to Asian American Literature

Status
A
Activity
REC
Section number integer
404
Title (text only)
Introduction to Asian American Literature
Term
2023C
Subject area
ASAM
Section number only
404
Section ID
ASAM0103404
Course number integer
103
Meeting times
F 10:15 AM-11:14 AM
Meeting location
BENN 323
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Josephine N Park
Eileen Zijia Ying
Description
An overview of Asian American literature from its beginnings at the turn of the twentieth century to the present. This course covers a wide range of Asian American novels, plays, and poems, situating them in the contexts of American history and minority communities and considering the variety of formal strategies these different texts take. See the English Department's website at www.english.upenn.edu for a description of the current offerings.
Course number only
0103
Cross listings
ENGL1270404
Fulfills
Arts & Letters Sector
Cultural Diviserity in the U.S.
Use local description
No