Use the given list of ethnic literature work. Write 3 pages on the topic: “When presenting the topic of ethnic literature and experience in the US to someone unfamiliar with the subject, what should you choose to talk about that wud be most represent.
Choose literature works, authors and themes from the 25 literature works list. Write 3 pages answering the following questions: “When presenting the topic of ethnic literature and experience in the US to someone unfamiliar with the subject, what should you choose to talk about that would be most representative? Which works, authors and themes would you want to present to your listeners and why? “. Use examples from the literature and class discussion to support your presentation. Be sure to think about the essay before you write it, since you will be evaluated on the depth and scope of your analysis and how well you incorporate the material from the literature and class lectures into your own answer.
1) Dahab, Voices of Exile In Contemporary Canadian Francophone Literature, Preface and pp. 10-20 of the Introduction;
2) Abla Farhoud, Game of Patience, pp. 47-83 (on reserves); corresponding pages in Voices of Exile In Contemporary Canadian Francophone Literature (pp. 97-100 and 102-105)
3) Mouawad, Wajdi, Scorched; corresponding pages from Voices of Exile… (pp. 135-139 and 143-153)
4) Native Americans
5) “Race and Manifest Destiny” (13)
6) “California Indians and the Californios” (34)
7) “The Sacred Hoop: A Contemporary Indian Perspective on American Indian Literature”(19)
8) “Rite of Encounter” (39)
9) “The Prisoner of Haiku” (49)
10) “Sex, Class, and Race Intersections; Visions of Women of Color” (36)
11) “Chapter One” (Anna Lee Walters, 43)
12) “Amusements” (64)
13) “Kaiser and the War” (67)
14) “The Return of the Buffalo” (75)
15) “Echo from Beyond” and three more poems (79)
16) “Mexican-Americans and Whiteness” (81)
17) “Growing Up in Hollywood; The Perpetual identity Crisis” (85)
18) “Chencho’s Cow” (98)
19) “Be American” (187)
20) “Life and Death of a Filipino in America” (196)
21) “Anonymous” (199)
22) “The Laundry Song” (200)
23) “Silence” (201)
24) “Thousand Pieces of Gold” (204)
25) “Notes of a Native Speaker” (208)