21L.709 | Spring 2017 | Undergraduate

Ethnic Literature in America

Readings

[TM] = Morrison, Toni. Jazz. Reprint edition. Vintage, 2004. ISBN: 9781400076215.

[JD] = Díaz, Junot. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Reprint edition. Riverhead Books, 2008. ISBN: 9781594483295. [Preview with Google Books]

[MK] = Kahf, Mohja. The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf. PublicAffairs, 2006. ISBN: 9780786715190.

[LE] = Erdrich, Louise. The Round House. Reprint edition. Harper Perennial, 2013. ISBN: 9780062065254. [Preview with Google Books]

[MH] = Hamid, Mohsin. The Reluctant Fundamentalist. Harvest Books, 2008. ISBN: 9780156034029.

[RO] = Ozeki, Ruth. A Tale for the Time Being. Penguin Books, 2013. ISBN: 9780143124870. [Preview with Google Books]

SES # TOPICS READINGS
1 Introduction No assigned readings
2 The Octoroon

Boucicault, Dion. The Octoroon. (PDF)

Jacobs-Jenkins, Branden. An Octoroon. Dramatist’s Play Service, 2015. ISBN: 9780822232261.

Migrations
3 Jazz [TM] pp. 4–114.
4 Jazz (cont.) [TM] pp. 117–229.
5 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao [JD] As close to pg. 165 as possible.
6 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (cont.) [JD] As close to finished as possible.
7 Maus I

[JD] Complete.

Spiegelman, Art. “Maus I.” In Maus: A Survivor’s Tale. Box set edition. Pantheon, 1993. ISBN: 9780679748403.

8 Maus I (cont.) No assigned readings
Coming of Age
9 The House on Mango Street

Cisneros, Sandra. The House on Mango Street. Vintage, 1991. ISBN: 9780679734772.

10 Unaccustomed Earth

Lahiri, Jhumpa. “Part Two: Hema and Kaushik.” In Unaccustomed Earth. Reprint edition. Vintage, 2009. ISBN: 9780307278258.

11 The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf [MK] pp. 1–155.
12 The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf (cont.) [MK] pp. 156–297.
13 The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf (cont.) [MK] pp. 298–441.
Culture and Narratives
14 The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf (cont.) No assigned readings
15 Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand

Delany, Samuel R. “Excerpt to pg. 92.” In Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand. 20th edition. Wesleyan, 2004. ISBN: 9780819567147. [Preview with Google Books]

16 The Round House [LE] pp. 1–108.
17 The Round House (cont.) [LE] pp. 109–201.
18 The Round House (cont.) [LE] pp. 202–317.
19 Conference Reports No assigned readings
20 Special Guest: Mia Heavener

Excerpt from Mia Heavener’s forthcoming book, Under Nushagak Bluff, from Red Hen Press (not available). OCW users may read the following story as a substitution:

Heavener, Mia C. “Blurry.” The Cortland Review. May 2011.

21 Conference Reports (cont.) No assigned readings
The Return
22 The Reluctant Fundamentalist [MH] pp. 1–138.
23 A Tale for the Time Being

[MH] Complete.

[RO] pp. 1–108.

24 A Tale for the Time Being (cont.) [RO] pp. 109–258.
25 A Tale for the Time Being (cont.) [RO] pp. 259–416.
26 A Tale for the Time Being (cont.) No assigned readings

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