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CENTRAL
OREGON COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Hum 230: Immigrant Experience in American Literature
Texts:
Hum230
E-Reserves (available online)
Casey and Rhodes/Modern Irish American Fiction
Ibieta and Orvell/Inventing America
Rodriguez/Hunger of Memory
Gold/Jews Without Money
Coursework and Grading:
15% Participation:
Includes in class writing and group work…very difficult to make up.
To get the most out of a literature course, attendance is vital. Includes
the individual reading and oral report on that reading assignment, worth 5% of
the 15%.
50% Five 3+ page essays (10%
each) analyzing the readings and class discussions. Due dates are noted below
and a list of prompts will be handed out. One
paper may be revised.
35% Final Project includes
topic proposal (5%), oral report (5%), draft (5%) and annotated bibliography on
a topic, theme, immigrant group, immigrant novel or writer of your choice.
Final paper (20%) is due at the final exam. More details will be handed
out later.
Course Outline (Readings and Assignments due are in bold):
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Week
1
Tues
Sept. 18 |
What
is Immigrant Lit?
Cross-cultural themes in Immigrant Lit
Overview of the course
How to use E-Reserves |
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Thurs
Sept. 20
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Week 2
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“Encountering
Others”
Film: Out of Ireland
Read:
“Inventing” pp. 38-46 and 47-57;
E-Reserve: Mary Antin’s “The Promised Land” |
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Thurs
Sept. 27 |
Discuss Essay #1, conclude “Encountering Others” discussion and begin
“Exiled Voices”
Sign up for individual reading responsibilities (We will use this syllabus to
fill in names….everyone must be responsible for one extra reading that you
will read in preparation for summarizing and interpreting for the class.
Read: “Inventing” pp.68, 85-97
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Week 3
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Discuss Final Paper
“Exiled Voices”
Essay
#1 due
Read “Inventing” pp.98-104
Individual Readings:
“Inventing” pp.105-116 ___________________
“Inventing” pp. 117-125___________________ |
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Thurs
Oct 4
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Week 4
Oct 9 |
“Exiled Voices”
Read “Jews Without Money” chapters 4-11 |
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Thurs
Oct. 11 |
“Exiled
Voices”
Read
“Jews Without Money” chapters 12-13
E-Reserve: Rolvaag’s “Giants in the Earth”
E-Reserve: DiDonato’s “Christ in Concrete”
Individual Readings:
E-Reserve: Bell’s “Out of this Furnace”____________________
E-Reserve: Curran’s “Parish and the Hill”__________________
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Week 5
Oct 16
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“Exiled Voices”
Read “Jews Without Money” chapters 14-20
Individual Readings:
“Modern Irish” O’Hara pp.65-69___________________
“Modern Irish” Hamill pp.246-252__________________ |
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Thurs
Oct 18 |
“Exiled Voices”
Discuss Essay #2
Finish “Jews Without Money”
Final Project Topic Description due (typed) |
Week 6
Oct 23 |
“Multicultural Self”
Essay #2 due
Read “Inventing” pp.222-223
and pp. 207-218
Individual Readings:
“Inventing” pp. 203-206__________________
“Modern Irish” Gordon pp.265-end______________
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Thurs
Oct 25 |
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Week 7
Tues
Oct 30 |
Conclude “Multicultural Self” and begin “Border Crossings”
Discuss oral presentations on final projects…day assigned
Read “Inventing” pp.243-252, pp.260-268 and pp. 280-287
Individual Readings:
“Modern Irish” Smith pp.55-64___________________
“Modern Irish” Kennedy pp.165-181________________
“Modern Irish” Breslin pp.196-215 _________________ |
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Thurs
Nov 1 |
“Border Crossings”
Film: Hester Street” |
Week 8
Nov 6 |
“Border Crossings”
Essay #3 due
Read from Hunger of Memory, “Aria” (chapter 1) and “Complexion” (chapter
4) |
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Thurs
Nov 8 |
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Week 9
Nov 13 |
Oral Reports on Final Projects
Essay #4 due |
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Nov 15 |
“Representing Ethnicity”
Scenes from The Godfather Read “Inventing” pp.466-479
Individual Readings:
“Inventing” pp. 505-511__________________ |
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Week 10
Tues
Nov 20 |
“Representing Ethnicity”
Scenes from The Godfather
Rough draft of Final Project due |
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Thurs
Nov 22 |
School Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday
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Week 11
Nov 27 |
“Representing Ethnicity”
Scenes from The Godfather
Drafts returned |
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Thurs
Nov 29 |
Essay #5 due |
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Finals Week |
Final Project due in Deschutes 16 by Monday December 3rd at 12:15pm
(the end of our scheduled final exam time). If I am out of the office, please
slide under my door. |