English 372-001
American Indian Literature: American Indian Short Fiction
Instructor: Wilson, Michael D
Office: CRT 495, 229-4839
e-mail: michael@uwm.edu
Office hours: TBA & by appointment
Course Information: M-F 1:00pm-4:15pm CRT 104
Course Description:
This course will survey short fiction by American Indian writers past and present. We will try to read about 45 stories in the three weeks of UWinteriM, divided into different thematic sections. Students will also read a history of Indian peoples to give context and background to the stories we examine.
Course Readings:
Required Anthologies
Spider Woman's Granddaughters, edited by Paula Gunn Allen
Talking Leaves, edited by Craig Lesley
Earth Song, Sky Spirit, ed. Clifford E. Trafzer
The Man to Send Rain Clouds, ed. Kenneth Lincoln
The Earth Shall Weep, by James Wilson
