ࡱ> egd` bjbj 4<['8F,rTS"   |!~!~!~!7!:uS$Uh(XxSS  S`  |!|!L   0g 3(JEd  S0Sl ,XdX X SSyXSd English 255 Themes in American Literature: Racial and Ethnic Identity Formation in American Literature San Jose State University, Spring 2007 Professor Noelle Brada-Williams Class: 7-9:45 PM Tuesday, FO 104 Office: FO 110 Office Hours: MW 2-4 PM, W 3:30-5 PM Phone: 924-4439 (additional times by appointment) Email: awilli@email.sjsu.edu Website:  HYPERLINK "http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/awilliams" www.sjsu.edu/faculty/awilliams How is identity shaped? Is it innate or culturally constructed? How do class, gender, religion, and or sexuality affect how one sees oneself or ones ethnicity? How do others see us? How have minority identities been constructed by mainstream American culture and how has the struggle to self-define these identities in turn shaped American literary culture? Course Objectives: Introduction to the intersection of the fields of ethnic and literary studies. Examination of racial and ethnic identity as represented in American literature. Exploration of the impact of race and ethnicity on American literary culture. Grading: Presentation on a TextProvide an overview of criticism of the text in order to inform our class discussion (may include handout)15%Proposal and Annotated BibliographyOne-page proposal (for long research paper) plus min. of 10 annotated bibliographic entries20%Research Paper15-20 page essay 40%Paper presentation15-minute presentation on a condensed/edited version of your research paper10%ParticipationParticipation in approximately 15 classes, including prepared questions and comments on each weeks readings15%The participation grade will also include brief written or oral assignments. Academic Integrity Statement (Office of Student Conduct and Ethical Development): Your own commitment to learning, as evidenced by your enrollment at San Jos State University, and the Universitys Academic Integrity Policy requires you to be honest in all your academic course work. Faculty members are required to report all infractions to the Office of Student Conduct and Ethical Development. The policy on academic integrity can be found at http://sa.sjsu.edu/student_conduct. Campus policy in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act: If you need course adaptations or accommodations because of a disability, or if you need special arrangements in case the building must be evacuated, please make an appointment with me as soon as possible, or see me during office hours. Presidential Directive 97-03 requires that students with disabilities requesting accommodations must register with DRC to establish a record of their disability. Required Texts: W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk (1) Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man (2) Younghill Kang, East Goes West (2) Maxine Hong Kingston, Tripmaster Monkey (1-2) Andrew Lam, Perfume Dreams (.5-1) [Lam is coming to speak at 91 on April 26] Nella Larsen, Quicksand and Passing (1) Chang-rae Lee, Native Speaker (1-2) Toni Morrison, Playing in the Dark (.5 to 1) Milton Murayama, All I asking for Is My Body (.5-1) Lois-Ann Yamanaka, Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers (1) Hisaye Yamamoto, Seventeen Syllables (1) A few shorter texts to be xeroxed. Recommended Texts: MLA Handbook or MLA Style Manual, Napier, Winston, Ed. African American Literary Theory: A Reader. NY: NYU P, 2000. Tentative Reading and Writing Schedule: Expect to read various works of criticism in addition to the primary texts assigned each week. Week One: January 30, T: Introduction. Finalizing of the reading schedule. Week Two: February 6, T: W.E.B. 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