English 288 - NAT AMER WOMN&NON-BINRY WRTERS

This course examines how Native American women and non-binary writers represent their communities to each other and broader publics. How do they recall the past and imagine new possibilities for the future? How do these works fit into, expand and transform the contemporary field of literature and Native American writing? We begin with a discussion of the significance of indigenous women authors and their work. Throughout the semester we will employ close reading and ask how these writers use literary and oral history elements to tell stories, and to what effect. (E)