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LITR
4333: American Immigrant Literature Fall 2003, University
of Houston-Clear Lake Thursdays,
7-9:50pm, Bayou 2508 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: T 2-4, Th 5-7 & by apptmt LITR 4333 2003 reading & presentation schedule IA = Imagining
America (2nd edition) VA = Visions of America UA = Unsettling
America ************ Thursday, 28 August: introduction; students indicate presentation preferences; some history of immigration; Crevecoeur, “What is an American?” ************ Section
I: Immigrants & Minorities + New World Immigration Thursday, 4 September: 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); June Jordan, “Report from the Bahamas” (VA 305-315) Poetry presentation: Joseph Papaleo, “American Dream: First Report,” UA 88 Reader: Kathy Martin Respondent: Elaine Cates Recorder: Claudine Phillips *** Fiction-nonfiction dialogue Fiction text: “The English Lesson” Fiction reader: Kate Payne Nonfiction text: “Going Home: Brooklyn Revisited” Nonfiction reader: Jane Ftacnik Recorder: Michael Luna ************ (Sept. 8 Last day to drop class with refund) Thursday, 11 September: Minorities and the immigrant narrative. James Baldwin, from No Name in the Street (VA 284-290); Jewell Gomez, “Don’t Explain” (182-190); Toni Cade Bambara, “The Lesson” (IA 145-152); Leslie Marmon Silko, “The Man to Send Rain Clouds” (IA 205-209); Louise Erdrich, "American Horse" (IA 210-220); Sherman Alexie, “A Drug Called Tradition” (IA 387-394). Poetry presentation: Patricia Smith, “Blonde White Women,” UA 77 Reader: Jeanette Smith Respondent: Rob Hill Recorder: James Hood Poetry presentation: Chrystos, “I Have Not Signed a Treaty with the United States Government,” UA 304 Reader: Chris Ornelos Respondent: Meghan Patterson Recorder: Kathy Kautzman Fiction-nonfiction dialogue Fiction text: Toni Cade Bambara, “The Lesson” Fiction reader: Loretta LaCour Nonfiction text: from No Name in the Street Nonfiction reader: Rob Hill Recorder: Elaine Cates ************ Thursday, 18 September: Non-Mexican Latin American or Caribbean Immigrants. Junot Diaz, "How to Date a Browngirl . . . “ (IA 276-279); Edwidge Danticat, “Children of the Sea” (IA 98-112); Judith Ortiz Cofer, "Silent Dancing" (VA 179-186) Paule Marshall, “The Making of a Writer: From the Poets in the Kitchen” (VA 82-89); Paule Marshall, “To Da-Duh, in Memoriam” (IA 368-377) Poetry presentation: Martin Espada, “Coca-Cola and Coco Frio,” UA 124 Reader: Jennifer Condado Respondent: Jane Ftacnik Recorder: Michelle Fichera Fiction-nonfiction dialogue Fiction text: “The Making of a Writer . . . ” Nonfiction text: “To Da-Duh, in Memoriam” ************ Thursday, 25 September: Mexican Americans as Immigrants or as Ambivalent Minority? Richard Rodriguez, from Hunger of Memory (VA 229-235); Gary Soto, “Like Mexicans” (VA 301-304); Nash Candelaria, "El Patron" (IA 221-228); Sandra Cisneros, "Barbie-Q" (IA 252-253) Poetry presentation: Pat Mora, “Immigrants,” UA 119 Reader: James Hood Respondent: Michelle Fichera Recorder: Meghan Patterson **** Fiction-nonfiction dialogue Fiction text: "El Patron" Nonfiction text: “Like Mexicans” (September 26: last day to apply for fall 2003 graduation) ************ Thursday, 2 October: midterm exam (see p. 9) ************ Asian
American Immigrant Literature Thursday, 9 October: 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); Lan Cao, Monkey Bridge, chapters 1 through 5 (through p. 93 in Penguin Books paperback). Fiction-nonfiction dialogue Fiction text: "In the Land of the Free" Fiction reader: Enrique Canales Nonfiction text: from The Woman Warrior Nonfiction reader: Rachel Villareal Recorder: Jennifer Condado Poetry presentation: Nellie Wong, “When I was Growing Up,” UA 55 Reader: Elaine Cates Respondent: Kate Payne Recorder: Anne Vavrin ************ (13-18 October: mid-semester week) Thursday, 16
October: Research
Proposal due Complete Lan Cao, Monkey Bridge (through chapter 13, p. 260 in Penguin Books paperback). Poetry presentation: Shirley Geok-lin Lim, “Father from Asia,” UA 19 Reader: Anne Vavrin Respondent: Jeanette Smith Recorder: Jana Jensen ************ Thursday, 23 October: Chitra Divakaruni, “Silver Pavements, Golden Roofs” (70-83); Bharati Mukherjee, “A Wife’s Story” (IA 57-69); Bharati Mukherjee, “Love Me or Leave Me” (VA 187-194) Fiction-nonfiction dialogue Fiction text: “A Wife’s Story” Fiction reader: Christine Abshire Nonfiction text: “Love Me or Leave Me” Nonfiction reader: Kathy Kautzman Recorder: Loretta LaCour **** Poetry presentation: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, “Restroom,” UA 21-23 Reader: Jana Jensen Respondent: Lori Nolen Recorder: Jeanette Smith (27 October: last day to drop a fall class or withdraw for the semester) ************ European-American
Immigrant Literature / Prototypes of the American Dominant Culture: The Ancient
Jews & New England Thursday, 30 October: Jewish-American: Chosen People in the New World. Anzia Yezierska, Bread Givers (1925) Poetry presentation: Louis Simpson, “A Story about Chicken Soup,” UA 245 Reader: Michael Luna Respondent: Anne Vavrin Recorder: Rob Hill ************ Thursday 6 November: Jewish-American (continued). Sonia Pilcer, “2G” (VA 201-206); Eva Hoffman, from Lost in Translation: A Life in a New Language (VA 219-228); Other Middle Eastern Immigrants. Mikhail Naimy, “His Grace” (IA 115-120); Tahira Naqvi, “Thank God for the Jews” (IA 229-236); Anton Shammas, “Amerka, Amerka: A Palestinian Abroad in the Land of the Free” (VA 291-300); Poetry presentation: Gregg Shapiro, “Tattoo,” UA 34-5 Reader: Claudine Phillips Respondent: Michael Luna Recorder: Giselle Hewitt Poetry presentation: Gregory Djanikian, “In the Elementary School Choir,” UA 215 Reader: Meghan Patterson Respondent: Jennifer Condado Recorder: Lori Nolen ************ Thursday, 13 November: 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, 34. Deuteronomy, chapter 7, verses 1-6; chapter 11, verses 10-17 Joshua, chapter 24 Judges, chapter 2, verses 1-15 Poetry presentation: Michael S. Glaser, “Preparations for Seder,” UA 176 Reader: Giselle Hewitt Respondent: Chris Ornelos Recorder: Rachel Villareal ****** Poetry presentation: Hamod (Sam), “After the Funeral of Assam Hamady,” UA 288 Reader: Michelle Fichera Respondent: Loretta LaCour Recorder: Kathy Martin ************ Thursday, 20
November: Research Project due 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 presentation: Enid Dame, “On the Road to Damascus, Maryland,” UA 141 Reader: Lori Nolen Respondent: Kathy Martin Recorder: Chris Ornelos (26-29 November: Thanksgiving Holidays) Thursday, 27 November: Thanksgiving Holiday—no meeting ************ Thursday, 4
December: 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 (VA,
344-356) Poetry presentation: Lyn Lifshin, “Being Jewish in a Small Town,” UA 144 Reader: Anna Thomas Respondent: Enrique Canales Recorder: Kate Payne ************ Thursday, 11
December: final exam |