American Ethnic Literature (Semester 2)

Mondays: 16:20-17:05
302
Instructor: Jason Blake
blake.jason@guest.arnes.si
Office Hours: Mon. 18:45-19:15; Thur. 10:30-11:30 (in Room 303)
The works we will look at are all available in the department library. The internet links
are here for the sake of convenience. Please bring a copy of the work to class each week.
Week 1 February 23
Introduction to Semester 2
Week 2 March 2
Philip Roth, The Conversion of the Jews
http://www.fredonia.edu/west/pdffiles/roth.pdf
Week 3 March 9
Everyday Use, Alice Walker
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ug97/quilt/walker.html
Week 4 March 16
Bilingual Sestina, Julia Alvarez (poem)
http://intersession2005.tripod.com/Sestina.html
Week 5 March 23
Tears of Autumn, Yoshiko Uchida
http://jackiewhiting.net/AmGov/CAPT/Resp%20to%20Lit%20-Tears%20of%20Autumn.pdf
Week 6 March 30
Occupation, Suji Kwock Kim (poem)
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse/164/4#!/20604049

Week 7 April 13
Recitatif, Toni Morrison
http://linksprogram.gmu.edu/tutorcorner/NCLC495Readings/Morrison_recitatifessay.doc.pdf
Week 8 April 20
NO CLASS POETRY PERFORMANCE by Endre Farkas and Carolyn Marie Souaid
Week 9 May 4
Maus, Art Spiegelman
Week 10 May 11
Maus, Art Spiegelman
Week 11 May 18
Maus, Art Spiegelman

Week 12 May 25
Saint Marie, Lousie Erdrich
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/erdrich/stmarie.htm
Week 13 June 1
The Interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri
Week 14 June 8
Course Wrap-Up