ENGL 378 American Indian Literature
American Indian literature has been shaped by ancient tradition and the historical experience of American Indian life. Readings will include such early writers as Eastman, Winnemucca, McNickle and E. Pauline Johnson to help us understand the growth of literature as an Indian expressive art. Works by such writers of the American Indian Renaissance (1969 to the present) as Momaday, Silko, Erdrich, Harjo, Revard, Welch, and Alexie address contemporary problems in reservation and urban life, and the place of traditional cultures in sustaining Indian community and identity.