ENGL3340 · English
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
In this course, we will study fiction and non-fiction texts by Asian American writers exploring the Asian American experience of immigration, exclusion, and engagement. The course will focus on texts that deal with Asian American experience and reflection on inter-ethnic alliance, social justice and activism. Asian American writers we will study include, among others, Sui Sin Far, Maxine Hong Kingston, Carlos Bulosan, Viet Thanh Nguyen.The course will include a module on Asian American community-based initiatives on the issue of Bostons Chinatown and gentrification. This course fulfills the core Cultural Diversity (Engaging Diversity and Justice) requirement.For English Majors, this course satisfies the Race, Blackness, and Language requirement.
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4.8 / 5
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Challenge
4.3 / 5
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Attendance
4.5 / 5
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Assignments
4.6 / 5
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Weekly effort
~5
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Fall 2023
1 sectionSpring 2022
1 section