ENGL 4020 - Advanced Study in Indigenous Literature

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: For majors: At least 6 hours in 3000-level English courses with a C or higher.
Description
Advanced study of a specific tribal literary tradition. Rotating tribal literatures considered include but are not limited to: Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Dine/Navajo, and Pueblo. Focusing on an individual tribal literature encourages advanced research on the specific cultural, religious, linguistic, historical, and geographical elements of selected texts. We ask how specific tribal worldviews inform historical and contemporary debates about colonialism, cultural appropriation, and tribal sovereignty.