Asian American Literature

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This course introduces students to major literary texts in Asian American literature, including works by Bulosan, Okada, Hong Kingston, Nguyn, and Hamid. Beginning with an examination of how the term ?Asian American? was coined in the 1960s, we will survey literary texts that portray Asian identities and experiences in the United States in the twentieth century. The primary goal of the course is to understand how American writers gave expression to the predicaments and psychology of Asian American lives.