ENGL 2215 — American Indian Literature
| Lecture This course covers genres and examples of American Indian literature such as creation stories, historic speeches and documents, poetry, fiction, and non- fiction by American Indian writers to enable students to better understand Native American culture and history. In addition to early speeches and stories which began as part of an oral tradition, works by various contemporary authors, will be included in the reading. Focus will be on contextualizing each work studied in order to better appreciate and interpret in a still-emerging Native American literary tradition. MNTC Goal Area(s): 06