Università Roma Tre

The course, divided in two modules (Module 1: Multicultural American Literature; Module 2: Asian American Writers) focuses on the discussion, from a multiethnic and multicultural perspective, of historical, social, political, and economic issues that arise from the reading of the literary selection. Special attention will be given to the analysis of literary texts in order to understand the relationship between American literature and the national identity of the United States of America.

Alexie, Sherman. “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona”, in The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. New York: HarperPerennial, 1994, 59-75.
Alvarez, Julia. “Snow”, in How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents. New York: Bloomsbury, 2004 (1991), 86-87.
Bui, Thi. The Best We Could Do. New York: Abrams ComicArts, 2017 (excerpts).
Cisneros, Sandra. The House on Mango Street, London: Vintage, 1991 (1984) (excerpts).
Danticat, Edwidge. “Children of the Sea” in Krik? Krak! New York: Soho Press, 1995, 3-25.
Gillan, Maria Mazziotti. “Shame and Silence in My Work”, in Mary Ann Vigilante Mannino and Justin Vitiello (Eds.) Breaking Open: Reflections on Italian American Women’s Writing. West Lafayette (IN): Purdue University Press, 2003, 153-175.
Hirahara, Naomi. “The Chirashi Covenant”, in Los Angeles Noir 2. The Classics (Ed. by Denise Hamilton). New York: Akashic Books, 2011, 144-156.
Kingston, Maxine Hong. The Woman Warrior. Craydon (UK): Picador, 1977 (excerpts).
Morrison, Toni. “Recitatif”, in Martin, Wendy (Ed.) The Art of the Short Story. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2006, 1167-1181.
Spiegelman, Art. The Complete Maus. Harmondsworth (UK): Penguin, 2003 (1996) (excerpts).
Tusiani, Joseph. Gente Mia (excerpts), in Ethnicity. Selected Poems, New York: Bordighera Press, 2000, 1-6, 8-9.
Yamamoto, Hisaye. “The Legend of Miss Sasagawara”, in Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories. New Brunswick (NJ): Rutgers University Press, 2001, 20-33.