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LITR
4333: American Immigrant Literature Spring 2006, University of Houston-Clear Lake Tuesdays,
4-6:50pm, Bayou 2230 Course
webpage:
http://coursesite.uhcl.edu/HSH/Whitec/LITR/4333 Instructor:
Craig White Phone:
281 283 3380
Email: whitec@uhcl.edu Office:
2529-8 Bayou
Office Hours:
& by apptmt LITR 4333 2006 reading & presentation schedule IA = Imagining
America (2nd edition) ************ Tuesday, 17 January: introduction; students indicate presentation preferences; some history of immigration ********************************* Tuesday, 24 January: Examples of the Immigrant Narrative. Anzia Yezierska, “Soap and Water” (IA 105-110) [handout]; Nicholasa Mohr, “The English Lesson” (IA 21-34); Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, “Going Home: Brooklyn Revisited” (VA 158-169) [handout] Poetry reader:
Beth Fenner Poem:
Joseph Papaleo, “American Dream: First Report,” UA
88 ·
Text-objective discussion leader:
Mark Chapa ·
Fiction-nonfiction dialogue:
instructor Fiction: “The
English Lesson”; Nonfiction: “Going
Home: Brooklyn Revisited” (30
January 2006: Last Day to Drop Spring Class with Refund
(Not Total Withdrawal) Tuesday, 31
January: Asian American Immigrant Literature Sui Sin Far, "In the Land of the Free" (IA
3-11); Gish Jen, “In the American Society” (IA
158-171); Maxine Hong Kingston, from The
Woman Warrior (VA 195-200) [handout] ·
Poetry reader:
Linda Sulpacio Poem:
Nellie Wong, “When I was Growing Up,” UA
55 ·
Text-objective discussion leader:
Tammara Congdon ·
Text-objective discussion leader:
Keri Duggan ********************************* Question for next two class meetings: How does the minority narrative differ from the immigrant narrative? Tuesday, 7 February: African American Minority vs. the immigrant narrative. James Baldwin, from No Name in the Street [handout]; Jewell Gomez, “Don’t Explain” (182-190); Toni Cade Bambara, “The Lesson” (IA 145-152); Alice Walker, “Elethia” (IA 307-109) ·
Poetry reader:
Vashaun Grogan Poem:
Patricia Smith, “Blonde White Women,” UA
77 ·
Text-objective discussion leader:
Telishia Woodard ·
Fiction-nonfiction dialogue:
Joel Carter Fiction: “The
Lesson”; Nonfiction: from No
Name in the Street ·
Web highlight (midterms): Amy
Breazeale Tuesday, 14
February: American Indian Minority vs. the immigrant narrative. Leslie Marmon Silko, “The Man to Send Rain Clouds” (IA 205-209); Louise Erdrich, "American Horse" (IA 210-220); Mei Mei Evans, “Gussuk” (IA 237-251) ·
Poetry reader:
Theresa Mullins Poem:
Chrystos, “I Have Not Signed a Treaty with the United States
Government,” UA 304 ·
Text-objective discussion leader:
Laura Guerrero ·
Web highlight (midterms):
Linda Castro (17
February 2006: Last Day to Apply for Spring 2006 Graduation) Question
for next three class meetings: How does Hispanic or Caribbean literature
resemble or differ from either the immigrant narrative or the minority
narrative? Tuesday, 21 February: Mexican Americans: Immigrant / American Dream story, or Minority? Richard Rodriguez, from Hunger of Memory [handout]; Gary Soto, “Like Mexicans” [handout]; Nash Candelaria, "El Patron" (IA 221-228); Sandra Cisneros, "Barbie-Q" (IA 252-253) ·
Poetry reader:
Almeta Stonum Poem:
Pat Mora, “Immigrants,” UA
119 ·
Text-objective discussion leader:
Elena Trevino ·
Fiction-nonfiction dialogue:
Rosa Ortiz Fiction:
"El Patron"; Nonfiction: “Like
Mexicans” ·
Web highlight (midterms):
Christina Whitener Tuesday, 28 February: Other Hispanic Americans: Immigrant / American Dream story, or Minority? Junot Diaz, "How to Date a Browngirl . . . “ (IA 276-279); Oscar Hijuelos, “Visitors, 1965” (IA 310-325) Judith Ortiz Cofer, "Silent Dancing" [handout] ·
Poetry reader:
Peggy Johnson Poem:
Tino Villanueva, “Haciendo Apenas la Recoleccion,” UA
191 ·
Text-objective discussion leader:
Shlena Freeman ·
Web highlight (midterms):
Heather Garcia-Miranda Tuesday, 7 March: Caribbean Immigrants: Minorities or Immigrants? June Jordan, “Report from the Bahamas” [handout]; Edwidge Danticat, “Children of the Sea” (IA 98-112); Paule Marshall, “The Making of a Writer: From the Poets in the Kitchen” [handout]; Paule Marshall, “To Da-Duh, in Memoriam” (IA 368-377) ·
Poetry reader:
Loretta Gould Poem:
Martin Espada, “Coca-Cola and Coco Frio,” UA
124 ·
Text-objective discussion leader:
Kristin Long ·
Fiction-nonfiction dialogue:
Daniel Garcia Fiction: “To Da-Duh . . . “; Nonfiction: “The Making of a Writer” ·
Web highlight (midterms):
Maria Garcia Tuesday, 14 March:
spring break Tuesday, 21 March: Midterm
exam and research report proposal Tuesday, 28 March:
Indian & Pakistani American
Literature Chitra Divakaruni, “Silver Pavements, Golden Roofs” (70-83); Tahira Naqvi, “Thank God for the Jews” (IA 229-236); Bharati Mukherjee, “A Wife’s Story” (IA 57-69); Bharati Mukherjee, “Love Me or Leave Me” [handout] ·
Poetry reader:
Cynthia Stone Poem:
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, “Restroom,” UA
21-23 ·
Text-objective discussion leader:
Marina Collier ·
Fiction-nonfiction dialogue:
Karol Davis Fiction:
“A Wife’s Story”; Nonfiction: “Love Me or Leave Me” ·
Web highlight (finals): Ashley
Jones (27
March 2006: Last Day to Drop a Spring Class or Withdraw for the Semester) Prototypes
of American Dominant Culture: The Ancient Jews & New England Tuesday, 4 April: Jewish-American: Chosen People in the New World. Anzia Yezierska, Bread Givers (1925) ·
Poetry reader:
Nathan Brown Poem:
Louis Simpson, “A Story about Chicken Soup,” UA
245 ·
Text-objective discussion leader:
Matasha A. Lewings ·
Web highlight: Michael Asbury (10
April 2006: Summer 2006 Class Schedule Available Online) Tuesday, 11 April: selections from the Exodus story in the Old Testament of the Bible (student provides; King James / Revised Standard version preferred); Exodus, chapters 1-15; chapter 16, verses 1-4; chapter 20; chapter 31, verse 12 through chapter 32 complete. Leviticus, chapter 18, verses 1-5 Numbers, chapter 14, verses 1-6; chapters 33. Deuteronomy, chapter 7, verses 1-6; chapter 11, verses 10-17.26-28; chapter 12, verses 2-3; chapter 34.1-6 Joshua, chapter 24 Judges, chapter 2, verses 1-15 ·
Poetry reader:
Joanna Harlan Poem:
Michael S. Glaser, “Preparations for Seder,” UA
176 ·
Text-objective discussion leader:
Sara Moreau ·
Web highlight: Sarah Hardwick ********************************* Tuesday, 18 April: The Pilgrims and the Hebrew model of national migration; prototype of white exclusiveness and purity? William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation (introduction, esp. p. xxii; chapters I-IV). ·
Poetry reader:
Jo Lynn Sallee Poem:
Enid Dame, “On the Road to Damascus, Maryland,” UA
141 ·
Text-objective discussion leader:
Ryan McKnight · Web highlight: Julie O’Gea ·
Poetry reader:
Mary Tinsley Poem:
Lyn Lifshin, “Being Jewish in a Small Town,” UA
144 ********************************* Tuesday, 25 April: The Pilgrims, the Hebrew model of national migration, and late Anglo-American culture / vertical immigration. Of Plymouth Plantation (V, 29-32;VI, 45 middle paragraph; VII, 49-50, 57; VIII, 59-61; IX; X; XI, 83-89; XII, 96-100, 107 bottom paragraph; XIV, 128-129, 132-134, 143-146; XV, 160-161; XIX, 224-232; ch. 21, p. 62; XXIII, 281-283; XXXII, 351; XXXIII, 364-368; 370-1); Jonathan Raban, from Hunting Mr. Heartbreak: A Discovery of America [handout] ·
Poetry reader:
Tonya Grasha Poem:
Hamod (Sam), “After the Funeral of Assam Hamady,” UA
288 ·
Text-objective discussion leader
(Raban article): J. Elizabeth Meche ·
Web highlight: Carmen Ashby Tuesday, 2 May:
final exam & research report |