ENGLT 334 - Asian- American Literature

Institution:

American River College

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Prerequisite: ENGWR 300 with a grade of "C" or betterAdvisory: ENGWR 301 General Education: AA/AS Area I; AA/AS Area VI; CSU Area C; IGETC Area 3B Course Transferable to UC/CSU Hours: 54 hours LEC This course surveys autobiographies and fi ction written by Asian Americans; the work focus on the experience of Asian Americans growing up in a culture that is dominated by Eurocentric infl uences. The selected readings were written in American English in the last 60 years by Filipino-, Chinese-, Japanese-, and Korean-Americans. The course compares and contrasts the perspectives with which these four groups of Asian-American writers shape their portrayals of their immigration, discrimination, and assimilation experiences; further, the course examines the diversities of these experiences both within and across the generations.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.arc.losrios.edu/

Phone Number:

(916) 484-8011

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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