Course Description

ID280 Indigenous Writers in English

Selected texts will be explored using cultural and literary critical forms which enable the reader to approach the works "from a tribal-centered criticism ... which moves from the culturally centered text outward" (Blaesar in Vizenor, Writing in the Oral Tradition). In reading the texts 'from the inside out,' the texts themselves reveal the critical perspectives appropriate to their study. The texts are written in English to enable indigenous writers to speak out to other cultures and educate them about their experiences.

Official electronic version updated at 4:25 p.m. December 18, 2003

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