ENGL 460

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Lit of American Minorities

Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Advanced topics seminar exploring literary expressions of minority experience in America.

3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated with permission of English advising office to a maximum of 6 undergraduate hours. Graduate students may repeat as topics vary. Prerequisite: One year of college literature or consent of instructor.

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ENGL 460 class schedule data for spring 2015
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
40853	Lecture-Discussion	1G	2:00PM -3:15PM	TR	104 English Building	Labella, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Filipino American Literature Section Info: Topic Section 1G: Filipino American Literature Filipinos form the third largest ethnic group in Illinois, according to the 2010 census by the U.S. government. Until recently, however, their presence largely has been ignored beyond the occasional visibility in the media. This course is designed to trace, in broad strokes, the story of the Filipino diaspora in America. Through fictions, memoirs, poems, and films, ENGL 460 allows the student to analyze the enduring concerns that Filipino Americans share with America as a community. Some of these texts are humorous, others are heartbreaking. In terms of the periods covered, they span the American colonial regime in the Philippines, the Second World War, the Marcos dictatorship, and the present. They offer reflections on Philippine-American alliances as well as the crises faced by Filipino migrant laborers. They recall Filipino American contributions to the ongoing struggle for civil rights. They consider the challenges faced by minorities caught up in the tensions between the vaunted notion of diversity and the demand for assimilation. The course is covers the following topics: (1) the joys and travails of migration and cross-cultural encounter, (2) the historical intimacies between the United States and the Philippines, (3) the family relative to larger socio-cultural changes, and (4) the questioning of identity markers as a means for human recognition. The main requirements for the course are: two short papers, a group presentation and, as final requirement, an essay written either a personal reflection or a piece of literary criticism. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
40852	Lecture-Discussion	1U	2:00PM -3:15PM	TR	104 English Building	Labella, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Filipino American Literature Section Info: Topic Section 1U: Filipino American Literature Filipinos form the third largest ethnic group in Illinois, according to the 2010 census by the U.S. government. Until recently, however, their presence largely has been ignored beyond the occasional visibility in the media. This course is designed to trace, in broad strokes, the story of the Filipino diaspora in America. Through fictions, memoirs, poems, and films, ENGL 460 allows the student to analyze the enduring concerns that Filipino Americans share with America as a community. Some of these texts are humorous, others are heartbreaking. In terms of the periods covered, they span the American colonial regime in the Philippines, the Second World War, the Marcos dictatorship, and the present. They offer reflections on Philippine-American alliances as well as the crises faced by Filipino migrant laborers. They recall Filipino American contributions to the ongoing struggle for civil rights. They consider the challenges faced by minorities caught up in the tensions between the vaunted notion of diversity and the demand for assimilation. The course is covers the following topics: (1) the joys and travails of migration and cross-cultural encounter, (2) the historical intimacies between the United States and the Philippines, (3) the family relative to larger socio-cultural changes, and (4) the questioning of identity markers as a means for human recognition. The main requirements for the course are: two short papers, a group presentation and, as final requirement, an essay written either a personal reflection or a piece of literary criticism. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
46884	Lecture-Discussion	2G	12:30PM -1:45PM	TR	150 English Building	Wright, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: America at the Nadir Section Info: Topic Section 2G: America at the Nadir: Race and Representation from the Reconstruction through the Harlem Renaissance In this course, we will use a multi-disciplinary approach to explore the perceived role, or ?place,? of blacks and other marginalized groups (including women and the poor) in US society as it was represented in popular forms of expression, such as literature, film, theater and music at the turn of the twentieth century. We will begin with cultural production from the Reconstruction and progress through the Harlem Renaissance and explore such themes as identity and representation; ?black face? minstrelsy; ?manifest destiny? and modernity; etc. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
46880	Lecture-Discussion	2U	12:30PM -1:45PM	TR	150 English Building	Wright, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: America at the Nadir Section Info: Topic Section 2U: America at the Nadir: Race and Representation from the Reconstruction through the Harlem Renaissance In this course, we will use a multi-disciplinary approach to explore the perceived role, or ?place,? of blacks and other marginalized groups (including women and the poor) in US society as it was represented in popular forms of expression, such as literature, film, theater and music at the turn of the twentieth century. We will begin with cultural production from the Reconstruction and progress through the Harlem Renaissance and explore such themes as identity and representation; ?black face? minstrelsy; ?manifest destiny? and modernity; etc. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.