WGS.142 Narrative and Identity: Writing and Film by Contemporary Women of Color

Women’s Voice in Asian and Asian American Literature

HASS-H
Prereq: None
Units: 3-0-9
Thursday 12-3pm
Room: 4-144
This course introduces students to the writings of both canonical and lesser-known Asian and Asian American women writers. The course especially examines the works by Chinese/ Chinese American, Japanese/ Japanese American, Korean/ Korean American women writers. Moving from the pre-modern to contemporary era, the course will explore a range of women’s voices and experiences as reflected through poetry, fiction, diaries, and epistles. Topics will include family, marriage, loyalty, motherhood, women’s rights, sexual violence, same-sex desire, censorship, and gender and race politics.
J.Choi