Teaching East Asian Literature
in the High School
July 13-19, 2008
Application deadline: March 31, 2008, or until workshop is filled.
(Indiana University - Bloomington)
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The East Asian Studies Center at Indiana University holds an intensive summer workshop for high school English and world literature teachers who are interested in incorporating Chinese, Japanese, and Korean literature into their curriculum. Each participant will develop a lesson plan for at least one of the works covered in the workshop.
Why Teach East Asian Literature in the High School?
The geo-strategic importance of East Asia (defined here as China, Japan, North and South Korea, and Taiwan) has compelled Americans to look at these cultures with new eyes. While there has been an increase in the teaching of East Asia in the social studies curriculum, there has yet to be a similar effort in the language arts. One of literature's unique virtues is the window it opens on the inner life of a culture, allowing readers a glimpse of how another culture understands and represents itself. Studying East Asian literature provides high school students with the resources they need to develop an appreciation of East Asian cultures and to participate fully as informed members of the world community.
- set of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean literary works covered in workshop (to be mailed to participants prior to workshop)
- free housing and 1 meal a day provided
- certificate of completion
- option to purchase 3 graduate credits from Indiana University at in-state rate
- book grant for purchasing East Asian literature for classroom use provided upon completion of all requirements
A Sunday evening dinner with participants and speakers starts off the workshop. In the mornings, Monday through Friday, area specialists from Indiana University's faculty lead lectures and interactive discussions on specific facets of China, Japan, and Korea which are pertinent to the literary works covered, such as history, religion, culture, family and gender, and language.
In the afternoons, literature professors discuss short stories, novels, and poetry, which participants will have read prior to arrival at the workshop, focusing on universal as well as culture-specific aspects of the works.
A high school world literature teacher with experience teaching East Asian literature will act as curriculum consultant, leading strategy sessions on how to teach the works at the high school level.
Participants are also encouraged to attend Chinese, Japanese, and Korean cultural activities during the day and film viewings in the evenings.
Our curriculum consultant is:
Cecilia Boyce (National Board Certified Teacher, Hillsborough High School, Tampa, FL) Ms. Boyce teaches world literature in the International Baccalaureate Program. She is acting as our curriculum consultant for her seventh year.
Our literature presenters are:
Andra Alvis (Ph.D., UC Berkley, formerly assistant professor at Indiana University, currently an independent scholar) Dr. Alvis specializes in fantastic literature and psychoanalytic and feminist theory.
Ann Y. Choi (Ph.D., UCLA, assistant professor, Rutgers University) Prof. Choi teaches Korean language, literature, and culture. Her interests include Korean and English poetry and comparative literature.
Gary Xu (Ph.D., Columbia University, associate professor, University of Illinois) Prof. Xu specializes in modern literature, cinema, and critical theory. His interests include transnationalism and trans-ethnic representations and the impact of neoliberalism on China’s transition to a globalized consumer society.
- $60 registration fee, travel expenses to and from Bloomington, 2 meals a day
- read all works to be covered at workshop prior to arrival
- submit one lesson plan on a specific work within 5 weeks of close of workshop
Application deadline for 2008: March 31, 2008 (or until workshop is filled; limit 25 participants).
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Mail (don’t fax) your Application Form to:
Katie Venit, Assistant Outreach Coordinator
East Asian Studies Center, Indiana University
1021 East Third Street, Memorial Hall West 207
Bloomington, IN 47405-7005
Please contact:
Katie Venit, Assistant Outreach Coordinator
East Asian Studies Center
Indiana University
Memorial Hall West 207
1021 East Third Street
Bloomington, IN 47405-7005
Tel: (812)856-6850 or (800) 441-EASC
Fax: (812) 855-7762
E-mail: kvenit@indiana.edu
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Last updated:
03/03/2008
URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~easc/lit_workshop/index.htm
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