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ASIAN 403

SOUTHEAST ASIAN LITERATURE

3 credits.

An introduction to the societies, politics and cultures of Southeast Asia through modern literature. Fiction, testimony, poetry and ephemeral materials will be read alongside literary analysis to understand the roles of writing and art in social and political transformation. Topics will include revolution and uprising; violence and war; environment, migration and displacement; gender and sexuality; censorship and what cannot be written; and cities, the countryside and the spaces between them. Not open to students with credit for LCA 403 prior to Fall 2018

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Literature Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Articulate a critical understanding of the place(s) and role(s) of writing and literature in society and politics in Southeast Asia. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Use different materials, including fiction, poetry, memoir and essays, and also cultural political production beyond text, such as film and visual art, to think within and across examples. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Develop research and writing skills that reflect critical and comparative (across time, across space) thinking. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Recognize multiple perspectives scholars use to study literature and society in Southeast Asia and use these perspectives in a comparative analysis. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Articulate a critical understanding of the place(s) and role(s) of writing and literature in society and politics in Southeast Asia. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Use different materials, including fiction, poetry, memoir and essays, and also cultural political production beyond text, such as film and visual art, to think within and across examples. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Develop research and writing skills that reflect critical and comparative (across time, across space) thinking. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Recognize multiple perspectives scholars use to study literature and society in Southeast Asia and use these perspectives in a comparative analysis. Audience: Graduate

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