Asian American Literature Fall 2011

Unit I: Immigrant Families, Struggles and Contributions

Intros

• Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai, "Making Guacamole"
• The Latehomecomer Prologue (pp. 1-4)

• The Latehomecomer Part I, Part II (pp. 5-128)
• Quiz on Monday, October 3
• The Latehomecomer Part III (pp. 129-210)

Immigrant Struggles and Contributions

• The Latehomecomer Part IV and Epilogue (pp. 211-274)
• Dawn Mabalon, Jeff Tagami, Ishle Park
• Quiz on Monday, October 10
• Bich Minh Nguyen
• Screening of A Village Called Versailles

Blogs

You, Your Family and History

• R. Zamora Linmark, Haunani-Kay Trask, Mililani Trask
• Quiz on Monday, October 17
• Telling Your Story Groups
• Jose Vargas, Paul Kim

Blogs

Essay on The Latehomecomer

Telling Your Story Part I Presentation, Write-up

Discrimination, Prison, ICE

• Angel Island Poems
• Mine Okubo, Lawson Fusao Inada, Janice Mirikitani
• Quiz on Wednesday, October 26

Blogs

Migrant Labor and the Asian American Movement

• Carlos Bulosan, Philip Vera Cruz
• Daniel Tsang, Karen Yamashita
• Quiz on Wednesday, November 2

Blogs

Post-1965

• le thi diem thuy, Nellie Wong
• Plan for Analytical Essay due Monday, November 7
• Dong Hwan Ku, Youn Jae Kim, Hyun Yi Kang
• Quiz on Wednesday, November 9

Blogs

Plan for Analytical Essay

Exam and Analytical Essay

• Mid-term Exam on Monday, November 14
• Analytical Essay due Wednesday, November 16

Blogs

Midterm Exam

Analytical Essay

Unit II: Making Our Cultures

• Group meetings on Monday, November 21

Blogs

Group Proposal

Course Wrap Up, Final Exam

• Course wrap up on Monday, December 12
• Final exam on Wednesday, December 14, 1:40-3:45

Telling Your Story Part II Write-up

Final Exam