At the end of this course, the students; 1) will be able to investigate how ethnic and minority literatures have shaped arguments about the status of minorities in American social and political life, 2) will be able to explore the involvement of issues of class and gender with those of race and ethnicity in selected works.
MODE OF DELIVERY
E-Learning
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
None
COURSE DEFINITION
This course deals with how ethnic and racial issues have been addressed in literary works produced by various ethnic and minority groups throughout American history.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Introduction to the Course, Introductory Lecture on issues of Race and Ethnicity; A Brief Case Study Martin Luther King Jr., Amanda Gorman, and a critique of ?The Hill We Climb?
2nd Week
Nella Larsen, Passing
3rd Week
Nella Larsen, Passing; Langston Hughes, The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain; W.E.B. DuBois excerpts from The Souls of Black Folk
4th Week
Native Americans, Louise Erdrich, Dear John Wayne; Joy Harjo, The Flood
5th Week
Sherman Alexie, This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona; Simon J. Ortiz from From Sand Creek
6th Week
Midterm I; Case Study Deadline 1
7th Week
Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior
8th Week
Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior
9th Week
Marilyn Chin, How I Got that Name; Mitsuye Yamada, Evacuation
10th Week
Sandra Cisneros, The House on Mango Street
11th Week
Sandra Cisneros, The House on Mango Street; Gloria Anzaldua, La conciencia de la mestiza/Towards a New Consciousness; Case Study Deadline 2
12th Week
Other Americas, Selected readings; Elie Wiesel The Watch; Art Spiegelman Maus Chapter 6
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
Levine, Robert S., et al., editors. The Norton Anthology of American Literature. 9th edition, Volumes C, D and E, New York, Norton, 2017.
Schaefer, Richard T. Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity and Society, Sage 2008.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
Lecture,Discussion
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
Quantity
Percentage(%)
Mid-term
1
30
Assignment
1
25
Attendance
1
5
Presentation of Case Study
2
10
Total(%)
70
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)
70
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)
30
Total(%)
100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)
No
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES (KLO) / MATRIX OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO)