ENGL 22814 - Contemporary Native American Literature

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University of Chicago

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This course examines literature produced by the indigenous peoples of North America in the last forty years. Our approach is historical as well as conceptual: beginning with N. Scott Momaday's novel House Made of Dawn, we study the major authors and themes of the literary movement known as the "Native American Renaissance," investigating its transformation from the 1960s to the present. We also read indigenous writing from Canada and Mexico, examining the points of resonance and of disjuncture between these texts and those produced in the United States while understanding that in Native American thought, state borders are a relatively recent phenomenon. Combining textual analysis and attention to historical and cultural contexts, we explore how indigenous writers draw on both European and Native formal traditions to reflect histories of struggle. We attend to relevant theoretical contexts, including post-colonialism, feminism, cultural materialism, theories of identity, and eco-criticis m. M. McDonough. Autumn

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.UCHICAGO.EDU

Phone Number:

(773) 702-1234

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Quarter

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