Cultural Poetics of the Asian Americas . ENGL 134AA
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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Great professor highly reccomend ENGL 134AA.
The lectures were interesting and clear. There were many funny and serious stories to keep students focused and laughing.
His lectures were very interesting. He knew his stuff and was passionate about all the topics he discussed weaving in stories and jokes.The grading assignments were super fair; 50% of the class grade is based on completion/particiption
He is constantly cracking jokes which keeps class interesting and he obviously cares about the material and his students. The class integrates novels, poems, and film to create a well rounded experience. If you do the readings and show up to class the exams are easy.
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
nice prof but odd grading
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