Asian American Writers ((4 Credits))

Catalog description

This course introduces students to Asian American fiction and drama, with an emphasis on 20th and 21st century texts. Students explore works of Asian American literature within the political and social contexts of their emergence, such as anti-Chinese exclusion laws, Japanese American internment, the Vietnam War, the Asian American movement, South Asian discrimination post 9/11, and anti-Asian violence during COVID etc. This course is particularly concerned with how Asian American writers address issues of race, class, and gender in their works, as well as how these identity markers intersect with national belonging.