Students will gain knowledge of the various cultural traditions of Asian ethnic
groups within the United States, including Asian Americans of Chinese, Japanese,
Korean, Vietnames, Filipino, Indian, and Indonesian descent.  They will become 
familiar with the history of diverse immigration experiences, the problems of
assimilation encountered by each group, the linguistic issues specific to each
community, and the modifications in source culture values that each group
undergoes during the process of assimilation.

Students will also learn to analyze individual literary works, identifying
thematic, stylistic, and generic elements and interpreting each work within its
social, historical and aesthetic context.

Students will improve their communication skills through oral presentations,
in-class writing assignments and out-of-class essays.  Students' comprehension of
factual material will be assessed through objective tests and the final
examination.

The typical course consists of a series of readings in Asian American literature, as
well as readings dealing with Asian American culture.  Generally, the topics
discussed will focus on the issues specific to the ethnic group represented by a
given work of literature (e.g., the problems specific to Chinese Americans will be
central to the study of Kingston's The Woman Warrior).  The works treated will
vary with the instructor.  The following is a sample syllabus of readings for a
single semester:

John Okada.  No-no Boy
Maxine Hong Kingston.  The Woman Warrior
Bharati Mukerjee.  Jasmine
Amy Tan.  The joy Luck Club
Joy Kogawa.  Obasan
David Henry Hwang.  M. Butterfly
Chang-rae Lee.  Native Speaker

Students are required to abide by the University of Georgia academic honesty policy.