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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

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EH 214 - Native American Literature


Credits: (4 credits)

The course explores thematic preoccupations with identity and assimilation in contemporary essays, poetry, short stories, and novels by such writers as N. Scott Momaday, Louise Erdrich, Sherman Alexie, and James Welch.

Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to do the following:

  1. Interpret literary texts within their historical, cultural, and social contexts, both orally and in writing;
  2. Identify and explain the function of figurative language in works of prose fiction (definitions attached);
  3. Communicate to others regarding how the belief system of indigenous cultures living within the continental United States, Hawaii, and Alaska differ from those of ‘Western’ civilization;
  4. Appreciate how Marshall, Erdrich, Alexie and other indigenous storytellers illustrate tribal perceptions of the porous boundaries separating all living creatures, the earth, the sky, and the elements;
  5. Express empathy for the way historical and cultural events have directly led to the present trauma affecting indigenous peoples living in United States.  




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