ASIAN AMERICAN POETRY

ASIANAM 560

Topics in the arts and humanities that illuminate the Asian American experience.

ASIANAM/ENGL 270

Survey of Asian American literature from 1880 to present.

ASIANAM/ENGL 150

Since the 19th century, "America" has often been defined by its relationship with "Asia," through cultural influence, immigration, imperialism, and war. Traces the role of Asia and Asians in American literature and culture, from the Chinese and Japanese cultural influences that helped shape literary modernism to the rise of a distinctive culture produced by Asian immigrants to America and their descendants.

ASIANAM/ENGL 462

Topics will vary. All topics will emphasize the following learning outcomes: awareness of history's impact on the present, ability to recognize and question assumptions, development of critical thinking skills, awareness of relations between self and others, and effective participation in a multicultural society.

ASIANAM/ENGL/GEN&WS 464

Major texts by Asian American women writers.