Intro course on Asian American literature. Studies a wide range of literary texts, supplemented by history, film, and visual art. We pay special attention to the politics of representational forms, such as the poetics of error enacted by Angel Island poetry, the freak show of the original Siamese Twins, the yellowface of Charlie Chan, the deliberate demarcation of documentary history from what Lawson Inada calls "legends" in his internment camp poems, and the code-switching between standard English and Hawaiian pidgin in performance poetry. We move beyond an America-centered and (standard) English-only approach and relocate the cultural meanings of the Asian Americas in transnationalism, diaspora, yellowface, bilingualism, and translation.

Prerequisites: Writing 2 or upper-division standing.

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GEs AHI Area G Ethnicity Writing
HUANG YU
Yunte Huang
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ENG134AA . Huang Yu 11 Months Ago

the class was graded by participation, mini research paper, 4 film reviews, pop quizzes, and a final paper. he grades based off of letters and not numbers (you'll receive an A instead of 90) and he never inserts grades into canvas so you wont know your grade until it is in gold. never answers emails and does pop quizzed based on readings.I did p/np

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ENG134AA . Huang Yu 3 Years Ago

nice prof but odd grading

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ENG134AA . Huang Yu 3 Years Ago

Grading criteria weren't transparent. Did not update grades throughout the term - We only knew what we got when grades appeared on gold. However, has great stories about immigration and is highly respected! Take his class with caution

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ENG134AA . Huang Yu 6 Years Ago

Professor Huang was super engaging as a lecturer + incorporated a bunch of different material in his course -- books, poems, videos, movies, music, etc. I didn't really know what I was signing up for when I chose this class, but he blew away any expectations I had. Show up to class, pay attention, take good notes, ask questions. Be engaged!

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ENGL104134AA . Huang Yu 19 Years Ago

He's a good professor and really entertaining. I've taken three classes with him and really enjoyed them.

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ENGL134AA . Huang Yu 19 Years Ago

Had a great time in this class. We read some really interesting books, and his lectures are really entertaining. He goes off on a lot of tangents during class, so you may not get too much from the lectures, but he is very, very funny. Pretty easy grader; would definitely take one of his classes again.

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