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Introduction to Asian American Literature, Fall 2006 We're back to the regular syllabus now, but if you need to look back and see what we did and when we did it, here are the schedule changes from the first part of the semester. Sept. 5: Mrs. Spring Fragrance: “Leaves from the Mental Portfolio of an Eurasian,” “Sui Sin Far, the Half Chinese Writer, Tells of Her Career,” “The Land of the Free,” “A Plea for the Chinaman,” “In Los Angeles’ Chinatown,” “Chinese in Business Here,” “Chinese Laundry Checking,” “The Chinese in America” Sept. 6: NO CLASS (Monday schedule) Sept. 8: Mrs. Spring Fragrance: “Mrs. Spring Fragrance,” “The Inferior Woman,” “The Wisdom of the New,” “The Americanizing of Pau Tsu” Sept. 12: Mrs. Spring Fragrance: “‘Its Wavering Image,’” “In the Land of the Free,” “The Chinese Lily,” “The Smuggling of Tie Co,” “The Prize China Baby,” “Lin John,” “The Sing Song Woman,” “A Chinese Boy-Girl,” “Pat and Pan,” “Who’s Game?” Sept. 13: Madame Chrysantheme (handout). This text is also available online from http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3995/3995.txt. It's a little long, so please skip chapters XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVII, XX, XXIII, XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXX, XXXI, XXXIII, XXXIV, XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XL, XLIV, XLV, XLVII and XLVIII, particularly if you're short on time or getting annoyed with the text (which is a valid reaction in this case). These "skippable" chapters are marked directly on the handout. Basically, it's most important to read the beginning and end. Sept. 15: Madame Butterfly. This book, like Madame Chrysantheme, is now out of copyright and thus available online. Sept. 19: A Japanese Nightingale, chapters 1-9 Sept. 20: A Japanese Nightingale, chapters 10-18 |