Nassau
One Education Dr Garden City, NY 11530-6793
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The following is fulfilled by this course:
- Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice
- Humanities
Nassau has listed this a core course in the following categories:
The core course can be applied to following SUNY Transfer Paths:
ENG 228
Asian American Literature
Prerequisites: ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109.
This course examines literature by writers of Asian ancestry living in the United States, from the early 1900s to the present. It explores the historical, social and cultural contexts of the literary works. The varied ethnic groups include: Chinese American, Japanese American, Filipino American, Korean American, Vietnamese American, Indian and Pakistani American. Some representative authors are: Carlos Bulosan, John Okada, Maxine Hong Kingston, Bharati Mukherjee, and Amy Tan. Writing is an integral component of the course.
SUNY GE-SDES, SHUM; SUNY GEN ED-GHUM; NCC GEN ED-PLDI, HUM, LIT
Offered: Fall