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Advanced Seminar
WiSe 17/18: Memory, Identity and Diasporic Imaginary: Reading Chinese American Writers
Jie Feng
Comments
The deconstruction or reconstruction of memories and identity has been the pervasive motif in Chinese American literature, which is a major component of Asian American literature established in the late 1960s as a field in response to anti-Asian legislations and various forms of racist cultural production in America. As an introductory survey of Chinese American literature, this course will explore how different generations of Chinese American writers draw on their earlier memories for their literary experimentation and innovation so as to engage with the articulation of identity in particular social and political contexts. We will read writings from the late 19th century to the present (with emphasis on the contemporary), and will also study selected works of criticism and history for a better understanding of how Chinese American identity is contextualized and negotiated. Since the demographics of Chinese American writers has changed over the past two decades, our seminar canon will not be confined to the constellation of earlier ethnic writers such as Maxine Hong Kingston and Frank Chin who solidly occupy the field, but will also include contemporary diasporic writers such as Ha Jin and Yiyun Li whose border-crossing experiences and writings often associated with trauma of political turmoil in their native land China are transforming the terrain of Chinese American literature. close
16 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Thu, 2017-10-19 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2017-10-26 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2017-11-02 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2017-11-09 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2017-11-16 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2017-11-23 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2017-11-30 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2017-12-07 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2017-12-14 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2017-12-21 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2018-01-11 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2018-01-18 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2018-01-25 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2018-02-01 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2018-02-08 14:00 - 16:00
Thu, 2018-02-15 14:00 - 16:00