EN252 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jinn, Israel Zangwill, James Truslow Adams
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Guillermo verdecchia- american frontiers/ fronteras americanas (talon books, 2012) Leila halaby- once in a promised land (beacon press, 2008) Gurjinder basran- everything was goodbye (penguin, 2012) Fiction: we will be looking at two types of fiction, the short story and novel. D(cid:396)a(cid:373)a: we (cid:449)ill (cid:271)e looki(cid:374)g at o(cid:374)e t(cid:455)pe of d(cid:396)a(cid:373)a (cid:894)a (cid:272)o(cid:373)edi(cid:272) (cid:862)o(cid:374)e- (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:863) pla(cid:455)(cid:895) Essays: we will be looking at several different essays in the form of journal, magazine articles, chapters or extracts. Caribbean diaspora (cid:862)a(cid:396)a(cid:271)(cid:863) o(cid:396) (cid:862)middle easte(cid:396)(cid:374)(cid:863) diaspo(cid:396)a. Immigration to north america by non- european individuals and communities. Diaspora: being part of larger migration histories or communities. Citizenship and belonging, including forms of cultural alienation. Work and labour or employment and the new immigrant. Inter- generational identities (eg, first vs second gen. ) National myths & ideals: american dream, melting pot, Caribbean refer: barbados, trinidad, haiti, puerto rico, cuba, guyana, jamaica, an archipelago of islands, usually formed by volcanic activity.
