LIT 211(3-0-3)
Native American Literature
This course will introduce students to the large and diverse array of literature produced by Native Americans in North America, from pre-contact oral literature to contemporary writings in English. Genres studied will include any or all of the following: myths; chants, ceremonies, and rituals; songs; speeches; personal narratives; essays; poems; short stories and novels. The course will concentrate on post-contact literature, especially on the issues faced by men and women of native descent in the United States. The history of Native American/Euro-American relations will provide the context for most of the texts studied, and native cultural beliefs and practices (in religion and non-literary arts, for example) will also help to illuminate these texts.
PR: ENG 123