106學年第1學期課程綱要

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一、課程基本資料
開課序號 1542 課程學制
科目代碼 ENC1081 課程名稱 亞美文學
英文名稱 Asian American Literature
全/半年 半 必/選修 選修
學分數 3.0 每週授課時數 正課時數: 3 小時
開課系級 英語系（碩）碩博合開
先修課程
課程簡介 Since its inception in the 1960s, Asian American studies has taken on a journey of self-transformations. From the era of “claiming America” in the 1990s to that of “returning Asia” in the millennial, the loops between and across Asia and America have opened up for further deliberations and alternative mappings. Within the wide spectrum, this seminar will focus on two contingencies —the emergence of Taiwanese American voices and the perpetuation of Filipino American diasporas. In the first half of the course, we will examine Taiwanese American expressions—from the ABC soap opera, Fresh Off the Boat (since 2015), the writer Eddie Huang (2013), the lead actress Constance Wu, who also stars in Crazy Rich Asians (2018), to the award-winning novel Green Island (Shawna Yang Ryan, 2016). For the second part, we will revisit the experiences of Filipino Americans—from the Manila men in Louisiana in the 1750s to the Filipino Overseas Workers (FOW’s) in the age of globalization. It aims to give students a critical introduction to Asian American entanglements, including the historical context, the current development, and the representative texts. By putting together graphics, films, and novels, we will examine Asian American texts from Chinese, Filipino, Singaporean, and Taiwanese backgrounds. It also highlights two guest speakers—Prof. David Leiwei Li (李磊偉; U of Oregon) and Prof. Shu-mei Shih (史書美; UCLA). Students are also encouraged to attend the Asian American/Asian British Literary and Cultural Studies International Conference during June 9-10 at Academia Sinica (AS). A Google reader of selected critical essays will be made available.
課程目標 對應系所核心能力
1.　介紹亞美文學經典以及最近論述發展，理論著重於2002年以後的著作，主題探討亞美認同、敘事美學、戰爭記憶、他者抗爭、正義人權等相關議題，作品包含華裔、台裔、日裔、韓裔與高棉裔美國小說，企圖再思晚近亞/美之間的糾葛與想像以及亞際之間對美國的多重批判。 碩士:
　1-1 具備深化專業知識範疇及其學術研究之能力
博士:
　3-2 具有獨立思考、發掘問題及批判之能力

二、教學大綱
授課教師 李秀娟
教學進度與主題

這是一門課要以「亞-美」的故事—即亞洲和美洲之間從十九世紀後半期以來流動的人、事、政治、與歷史—為主要研讀材料，看「亞-美」社群（包括移民至美洲的亞裔、在亞洲與美洲之間經商、求學、工作、旅遊的文化仲介者、還有從美洲回到亞洲的跨國遷徙者）如何介入與建構亞洲、美洲，以及跨太平洋的歷史與人文。課程內容包括閱讀小說、詩歌、散文、論文、聽音樂、與觀看影片（包括劇情長片與紀錄片），透過對不同形式亞美文化作品的研讀與討論，思考種族、性別、族群、語言、身份、人權與生命政治等議題。有鑑於亞美涵蓋眾多亞洲國家人民的跨太平洋經驗，為了讓整學期的討論集中與深入，我們在2017年秋季學期會亞洲作為亞美故事討論的核心，思考亞美經驗、亞美研究、與亞洲再現的關係，也鼓勵同學反思在台灣讀英語系，在亞洲接觸歐美文學，在不同文化脈絡中找尋自我、建立自身思維主體性的生活與學習經驗。

Tentative Schedule

Week

Theme

Contents

 1

 

 

 

In Search of “Asian American”

(1) Introduction

(2) Film Viewing: Eat a Bowl of Tea (1989; director Wayne Wang); adapted from Louis Chu’s Novel Eat a Bowl of Tea (1961)

 2

  1. Discussion: Eat a Bowl of Tea
  2. Selections from Louis Chu, Eat a Bowl of Tea (1961) 15-24, 44-47, 64-67, 79-83, 92-99,100-102, 245-247

3

 

 

 

 

 

Language and Generations

  1. Selections from Maxine Hong Kingston, China Men (1980): “The Grandfather of the Sierra Nevada Mountains” and “The Laws” 123-159.
  2. Music selections from Welly Yang, Making Tracks (2001; musical soundtracks)

4

  1. Maxine Hong Kingston, “No Name Woman,” from The Woman Warrior (1976) 4-16.
  2. Maxine Hong Kingston, “Cultural Mis-Readings by American Reviewers,” in Asian and Western Writers in Dialogue (1982): 55-65.

5

 

  1. Film Viewing: A Thousand Years of Good Prayer (2007; director Wayne Wang)
  2. Yiyun Li, “A Thousand Years of Good Prayer,” in A Thousand Years of Good Prayers and Other Stories” (2005) 186-203.

6

  1. Selections from Diaspora (2013;《離散》，李有成著) 11-67.
  2. Please watch Mississippi Masala (1991; director Mira Nair, available at 總圖視聽室 VD 791.43 N143) before the meeting

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

Human Rights and Life Politics

  1. Hisaye Yamamoto, “The Legend of Miss Sasagawara” (1950), from Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories (1988) 20-33
  2. Film Viewing: Days of Waiting (1990; director Steven Okazaki)

8

 

  1. Poetry selections Mitsuye Yamada, Camp Notes and Other Poems (1976) 13-33.
  2. Film Viewing: American Pastime (2007; director  Desmond Nakano)

9

  1. Discussion: American Pastime
  1. Film viewing: Picture Bride (1995; director Kayo Hatta)

10

 

  1. Discussion: Picture Bride
  2. Selections from Julie Otsuka, Buddha in the Attic (2011) 3-18, 23-56, 115-29.

11

Review

  1. Writing response paper due
  2. Review and Discussions

12

 

 

 

Thinking Asian American in Asia

Aurorae Khoo, Happy Valley (2005), from Asian American Plays for a New Generation (2011) 101-171.

13

  1. Chih-ming Wang, “Thinking and Feeling Asian American in Taiwan,” American Quarterly 59.1 (2007): 135-155
  2. Film viewing: Voices in the Clouds (2011; director Aaron Hosé)

14

  1. Discussion: Voices in the Clouds
  2. Selections from顧玉玲，《我們：移動與勞動的生命記事》(2008; Our Stories-Migration and Labor in Taiwan)  15-107.

15

 

 

Project Sharing and Review

  1. Asian American Short Films
  2. Research / performance projects preparation

16

Research / Performance projects sharing

17

Observed holiday (no class)

18

Research / Performance projects due

 

 
教學方法
方式 說明
講述法  
討論法  
問題解決教學  
合作學習  
實地考察、參訪  
媒體融入教學  
專題研究  
評量方法
方式 百分比 說明
作業 20 %  
課堂討論參與 10 %  
出席 10 %  
報告 50 %  
成果展覽 10 %  
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Schlund-Vials,Cathy,eds.Disability,HumanRights,andtheLimitsofHumanitarianism.NewYork:Ashgate,2014.

 

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