English 372-011
Survey of American Indian Literature
Instr: Wilson, Michael
Office: CRT 495; 229-4839
e-mail: michael@uwm.edu
Office hours: TBA
Course Information: TWR; 10:00am-12:13pm; CRT 368 (5/29-7/7)
Course Description
This course will be a general survey of literature by the indigenous peoples of the Americas. We will read several short stories, novels, poems, essays, and one play. This course is organized historically; the literature will coincide roughly with important periods in the recent history of indigenous people, for example, the removal period, assimilation, reorganization, and self-determination.
Course Readings:
Black Eagle Child, Ray Young Bear
Ceremony, Leslie Marmon Silko
From the Deep Woods to Civilization, Charles Eastman
The Rez Sisters, by Tomson Highway
Tracks, by Louise Erdrich
Additional Course Readings are available on UWM's D2L server: http://d2l.uwm.edu
