In this course, we will be reading indigenous novels and short stories
from the U.S.A., Canada, Aotearoa, and Australia written in English. The class
will being with N. Scott Momaday’s
seminal text, House Made of Dawn,
progressing onto more modern examples of indigenous literature in the four
aforementioned regions. While working with these texts, we will be considering
issues of colonialism, indigenous identity, racism, and a host of other
cultural and political issues. The course will consist of frequent class
discussion in addition to group work, in class writing, and take-home writing
assignments.