ENGL 251: Asian American Literature

Literary Contexts

Get an introduction to key themes, stylistic choices, critical reception, and historical contexts with Topic and Work Overviews.  

Search by any or a mix of the following:

  • Keyword: ex: "Asian American Literature"
  • Author: ex "Tan, Amy" or "Amy Tan"
  • Title: ex: "No-No Boy"

Limit to Topic & Work Overviews. (See the three illustrations below, one for Asian American Literature and the other for Amy Tan AND Two Kinds.)

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Illustration 1: "Two Kinds" AND "Tan, Amy"

Gale Literature- Amy Tan AND Two Kinds

Illustration 2: The Results List - For Topic and Work Overviews, Short Stories (or other genre) for Students is a good choice.

  • Tip: Select the article with the most info - in this case, a critical essay, overview and more...

Gale-Lit-Topic and Work Overviews

Illustration 3: You can search by idea as well. In this case, I looked for overviews on "Asian American Literature"

Gale Lit Topic Overviews for Asian American Literature

 

 

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