Class Info
This project is part of the course Understanding English Prose: "America Then and Now", held in spring 2019 at Sungkyunkwan University English department.
The aim of the course is to obtain a critical view on the meaning of "America" as a whole, including historical, political, social and cultural aspects. By studying various types of materials that involve different perspectives or ideas upon the notion of "Americanness", students were able to develop their personal views on the controversies of American society and the changing notion of "American" which is still in process.
Throughout the semester, students were introduced to a wide range of materials such as literary & non-literary texts, images, works of art, films, etc.
Below are the texts that students studied in a chronological order:
Crevecoeur, Hector St. John. "What is American?" Letters from an American Farmer, 1782.
Melville, Herman. Bartleby, the Scrivener, 1853.
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. The Yellow Wallpaper & "Why I Wrote the Yellow Wallpaper." 1892, 1913.
Grapes of Wrath. Directed by John Ford, 20th Century Fox, 1940.
Lorde, Audre. "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House" & "Poetry Is Not a Luxury.", 1979, 1985.
May, Elaine Tyler. "Introduction." Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era, 1988.
N. Scott Momaday, "The Becoming of the Native: Man in America Before Columbus." 1992.
Viramontes, Helena Maria. Under the Feet of Jesus, 1995
Pleasantville, Directed by Gary Ross, New Line Cinema, 1998.
Yang, Gene. American Born Chinese. 2006
Tchen, John Juo Wei, et al. Keywords for American Cultural Studies, Edited by Bruce Burgett and Gleen Hendler, New York UP, 2007.
Crazy Rich Asians. Directed by Jon M. Chu, Warner Bros. Pictures, 2018.
Throughout the semester, students were introduced to a wide range of materials such as literary & non-literary texts, images, works of art, films, etc.
Below are the texts that students studied in a chronological order:
Crevecoeur, Hector St. John. "What is American?" Letters from an American Farmer, 1782.
Melville, Herman. Bartleby, the Scrivener, 1853.
Thoreau, Henry David. "Where I Lived, What I Lived for." Walden, 1854
Turner, Frederick Jackson. "The Significance of the Frontier in American History." 1893.Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. The Yellow Wallpaper & "Why I Wrote the Yellow Wallpaper." 1892, 1913.
Grapes of Wrath. Directed by John Ford, 20th Century Fox, 1940.
King, Martin Luther. "Letter from Birmingham Jail." 1963.
Silko, Leslie Marmon. "Language and Literature from a Pueblo Indian Perspective." 1981.Lorde, Audre. "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House" & "Poetry Is Not a Luxury.", 1979, 1985.
May, Elaine Tyler. "Introduction." Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era, 1988.
N. Scott Momaday, "The Becoming of the Native: Man in America Before Columbus." 1992.
Viramontes, Helena Maria. Under the Feet of Jesus, 1995
Pleasantville, Directed by Gary Ross, New Line Cinema, 1998.
Yang, Gene. American Born Chinese. 2006
Tchen, John Juo Wei, et al. Keywords for American Cultural Studies, Edited by Bruce Burgett and Gleen Hendler, New York UP, 2007.
Crazy Rich Asians. Directed by Jon M. Chu, Warner Bros. Pictures, 2018.
(images from Wikipedia)
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