LARTS 312 — Asian American Literature and Film

Prerequisite: LARTS 112 . Asian American literature and film emerged in the 1960s, when disparate groups from East and South Asia created a cultural alliance in the United States. This course will explore the core questions emerging from that alliance: What does it mean to represent “Asian American” experience in literature and film? What is American about this work in the context of the Asian diasporas in English-speaking countries? What place does Asian American art have in global literature and film? Work by Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, Filipino, and Vietnamese American artists, as well as Asian artists who have influenced American art, will be considered.