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Infusing Asian Literature at UNG

Infusing Asian Literature at UNG. Anastasia Turner. Challenges. Consolidation: UNG = GSC + NGCSU New 4-year classes @ home campus Proposed M.A. in English (Global F ocus) Chinese flagship program for Dept of Defense. Developed Two Tracks. Immediate

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Infusing Asian Literature at UNG

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  1. Infusing Asian Literature at UNG Anastasia Turner

  2. Challenges • Consolidation: • UNG = GSC + NGCSU • New 4-year classes @ home campus • Proposed M.A. in English (Global Focus) • Chinese flagship program for Dept of Defense

  3. Developed Two Tracks • Immediate • Buddhist addition to American Multicultural Lit (2xxx level) • Addition/Change to ENGL 1102 (Composition Based) • Future • Chinese Literature • Special Topics in World Literature • Graduate Literature • Study abroad Taiwan, summer 2014 • INED 2903 • Chinese Learning Community / Lit

  4. Original Idea: Marilyn Chin’s Revenge of the Mooncake Vixen "Yes, I am an American poet, a hyphenated American poet, to be precise; and what is American about my poetry is my muse's indomitable conviction to hammer the rich virtues and contradictions of my adopted country into a fusionist's delight."

  5. Revenge of the Mooncake Vixen • In Chin's words, "The structure of this book is based on ancient Buddhist beliefs in reincarnation and the eternal cycles of suffering." • Mixes Buddhist Koans, revenge tales, etc. • Themes: Chinese American identity, Exile, Loss, Assimilation, Women's Rights, Bodies, Sexuality

  6. Three Endings

  7. Three Endings • Eats last mooncake her grandmother made, no regrets, Zen state • “nothing more wonderful than the sweetness of this moment” • Offers to boys mini-mooncakes • “sweeten your mouth, sweeten your words, and all will be perfect” • Deathstars dipped in Blowfish poison • Dogs convulse / boys run off • She climbs up, eats strawberry, urinates

  8. Class Plan • Brief lecture/information on Buddhism • Discuss Thirteen Buddhist Tales • Student Assignment: • Choose one of the Tales or another story • Track down inspiration (Buddhist, etc) • Argue how Chin uses text • What does she use? • What does she repurpose? • What is her take? Outcome: Students understand Buddhist basics and how Chin subverts for own purposes

  9. ENGL 1102 • Multicultural Asian/Asian American • Class for Basic Writers (2nd in sequence) • Begin with Reader Response • Eases students into literary analysis • Begins using “level 1” evidence without realizing it • Develops writers’ confidence Meaning = Text + Reader

  10. Akutagawa’s“In a Bamboo Grove” • Students each given one section to read (Except last) • Discuss section as we did • Introduce other views to class (CSI) • Go home and read whole text • Come back and discuss / themes

  11. Assignment: Reader Response • What about this story, poem or play stands out in my mind? • What in my background, values, needs and interests makes me react that way? • What specific passages in the work trigger that reaction? • How do your reactions and thoughts move with the text? What ideas or sensations does the text bring about? • Did the work challenge you or any of your preconceived notions? How and why?

  12. Chinese Literature from Beginning to Present: Highlight Reel • Basic Spiritual Writings • Selections from 三教 • Analects, Zhuangzi, Buddhist Koans • Poetic Interludes: • Tang Dynasty Poetry • Wang Wei, Li Po, Po Chuyi, etc. • Prose: • Journey to the West(西遊記) • Dream of Red Chamber (紅樓夢) • Movie: Raise the Red Lantern • Tong Cheng School of writing • Moving to the Modern Era • May 4th Writers • Lu Xun’s “Diary of a Madman” • Movie: Farewell my Concubine • New Culture Movement: • Ba Jin’s Family • A Cheng’s King of Trees • Selections by Bei Dao • Movie: Lust/Caution • (Eileen Chang’s Love in a Fallen City) • Contemporary Writing: • Gao Xingjian’s One Man’s Bible • -- or -- piece from Mo Yan • Ha Jin’s short story collection.

  13. Special Topics: East Asian Spiritual Travels • 西遊記Monkey/Journey to the West • Matsuo Basho’s Narrow Road to the Deep North • Ramayana • Ezra Pound, “Personae” and selections from Cathay • Jack Kerouac, On the Road • Gary Snyder, selections from Axe Handles • Maxine Hong Kingston, Tripmaster Monkey • BharatiMukherjee, Jasmine • GaoXingJian, Soul Mountain • Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World • Getting Home If just Spiritual Travels: • Leslie Marmon Silko’sCeremony

  14. …and lots more ideas MAHALO!

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