English 135: Alternative Voices in American Literature - Race, Ethnicity, and Magical Realism

Fall 2023, Section 001

Materials

REQUIRED BOOKS AND FILMS

The works we will study in this course include the following, divided by course unit:

Eastern Enemies
"The Zayat Kiss," Rohmer. PDF via Penn State Libraries
"The Unparalleled Invasion," London Short Story
They Called Us Enemy, Takei, Eisinger, Scott, Becker

Cyberpunk
Blade Runner, Scott
Automaton Biographies, Lai
Neuromancer, Gibson
"My Own Private Tokyo," Gibson
Fox and Hare issue 1, Tsuei and Lee

The Multiverse
Everything Everywhere All At Once, Daniels
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, Yu

Global Asias
Jade City, Lee Fonda
After Yang, Kogonada
"Folding Beijing," Jingfang, trans. Liu
The City Inside, Basu