AML 3673 - Fall 2025 - Adhikari

This course examines the global dimensions of Asian American Literature. We will explore how narratives address race, identity, multiculturalism, and cosmopolitanism. Through analysis of travel literature, selected novels, and a play, we will delve into the interplay between individual and collective identities within the Asian American experiences. Throughout the course, critical analysis will be applied through lenses such as race theory, multiculturalism, and cosmopolitan perspectives, addressing questions of representation, authenticity, and identity politics. By engaging with the selected texts, students will gain insight into the diverse voices and experiences within Asian American literature while exploring broader themes of race, identity, multiculturalism, and cosmopolitanism in today's society. This course satisfies the requirement for coursework in Asian American Literary and Cultural Studies, Transnational Literary and Cultural Studies, a Literary Genre (Fiction), and also fulfills the Alterity requirement. The following are the prescribed texts: Tropic of Orange: Karen Tei Yamashita Native Speaker: Chang-rae, Lee The Namesake: Jhumpa Lahari Donald Duck: Frank Chin Video Night in Kathmandu: Pico Iyer. Disgraced: Ayad Akhtar