An in-depth reading of Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake.
授業概要
We will listen to "second generation voices" and try to grasp their message. The novel we will read is The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. The similarities and differences between the novel and the film version will also be discussed.
テキスト
Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake (A Mariner Book, Houghton Mifflin) Other readings to be supplied as handouts.
参考文献・課題図書
Reference books will be introduced in class.
受講生への要望
Regular class attendance and active participation in discussion are required.
評価方法
Class attendance / oral presentations / term paper
授業計画
１．Second generation voices in Asian-American Literature ２．From Asia to America: Second generation writers ３．Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake ４．The saga of the Ganguli family ５．The story of American immigration and assimilation ６．Father-son relationship ７．The significance of Nikolai Gogol's "The Overcoat" ８．Gogol: "any other name was quite out of the question" ９．The Namesame, a Mira Nair film 10．Discussion: Film and novel 11．Jhumpa Lahiri's life and literary career 12．Stories from Interpreter of Maladies 13．Stories from Unaccustomed Earth 14．Family, love, memory 15．Critical approaches
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