Kommentar |
In this course, students will have the opportunity to familiarize themselves with key terms in Native American (Literary) Studies through reading assignments and class discussions. We will describe, analyze, and compare Native American literary texts with respect to issues of race, ethnicity, gender, class, colonial dispossession, rebuilding, reeducation, (ecological) imperialism the construction of identities and rights on an introductory level. Poetry, fiction, non-fiction, autobiographical writings, and oral stories-will not only be contextualized in a literary, but also in a discursive, historico-political framework. |