ENG3103

Course Descriptions

This course is designed to introduce the students to a number of fictional or non-fiction works in English produced by the Asian Diaspora in the West. Through these works, the students will examine the patterns of human movements and the impacts of the two worlds, the world of their origin and that of their host country, on their self-understanding of themselves and on their understanding of the world around them. The students will also analyse how people in the Diaspora negotiate between the two or more conflicting worldviews in the process of forming their individual or collective identities. The main aim of the course is to provide a stimulating and innovative approach to the voices of the Asians in the West expressed in English. In order to encourage cross-media and cross-cultural analysis, the course exposes students to selected novels and films, but does not deal specifically with filmic or fictional adaptation.

Prerequisite

ENG1003 Introduction to the Study of Literature

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Modules

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