Dehumanization as an Asian American Theme

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미국 Purdue University의 Ngyen 교수님의 Asian American Literature라는 과목의 Final Report 입니다.
소수민족문학이나 아시아계 미국인 문학 수업으로 볼 수 있을 것 같습니다.
주제는 Dehumanization as an Asian American Theme입니다. 영문으로 작성되었습니다.
“Ajuhma” and “Coming Home Again”by Chang-rae Lee, “Beccah” by Nora Okja Keller, and “Waiting for Mr. Kim” by Carol Roh-Spaulding 이 세 작품을 이용하여 쓴 에세이입니다.
저는 Asian American Literature에 나타나는 중요한 테마를 `비인간화`로 보고 그 양상은 인간의 기계화, 자아존중감의 상실, 공격적인 태도의 발달, 이 세가지로 나누어 작품에 적용하여 설명하였습니다.

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Dehumanization as an Asian American Theme
-On “Ajuhma” and “Coming Home Again”by Chang-rae Lee, “Beccah” by Nora Okja Keller, and “Waiting for Mr. Kim” by Carol Roh-Spaulding

Asian American literature is a unique genre of American literature which can be evaluated as a remarkable achievement in English literature. Asian American literature does not possess a long history compared to other genres of English literature. Although immigrants from Asia and Americans of Asian descent have been writing in the United States since the 19th century, Asian American literature as a category of writing only came into existence in the early 1970s.(wikipedia) However, it is noticeable because it represents the voice of Asian Americans who are still regarded as minorities in American society. They speak up for Asian Americans who are still too weak to talk to the dominant society. Since literature is a powerful method to change the society by affecting each person’s way of thinking, I believe that Asian American literature is contributing to enhance the social status of Asian Americans. The pieces I read throughout this course mostly deal with the pain and suffering to live as an alien in the United States. The dominant society keeps othering them and they struggle to fit in the American society. Some people had to sell themselves out and some people had to discard their own cultural ties or some people just gave up with everything.

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