| I. Major Terminologies and Frameworks |
| 1 | Introduction to course goals, organization, and syllabus | |
| 2 | Orientalism | Response paper 1 due |
| 3 | The politics of representation | Response paper 2 due |
| II. Figures and Stereotypes |
| 4 | Madame Butterfly and improvisations 1 (gender subversions, place, and race) | |
| 5 | Madame Butterfly and improvisations 2 (race, power, and place) | Essay 1 due |
| 6 | Bad girls | |
| 7 | The book The Comfort Women
| Response paper 3 due |
| 8 | The book The Comfort Women (cont.) | Research paper abstract due |
| III. Other Representations |
| 9 | Dragon ladies and maids | |
| 10 | Female forms of power | Response paper 4 due |
| 11 | The book Romance on a Global Stage
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| 12 | The book Romance on a Global Stage (cont.) | Essay 2 due |
| 13 | Student presentations on research projects | |
| 14 | Student presentations on research projects (cont.) | Research paper due |
