AJ25047 Indigenous Literature

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 2 credit(s) (plus 3 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Monday 15:50–17:25 G31
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 11 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
This course aims to examine in more detail contemporary Indigenous literature in North America. The focus will be on the modern Indigenous novel. Students will be asked to study the texts, analyzing themes and narrative strategies and contemplate the ways in which Indigenous literature today may articulate a distinctive genre. The textual analysis will be put into a larger context of the historical development of Indigenous literature in the USA and Canada since its renaissance in the 1960s and also into the perspective of traditions of oral cultures. At the end of the course students should have a better appreciation of the minority literary discourse and the development of Indigenous artistic forms in the last four decades.
Syllabus
  • Syllabus:
  • Session 1: Introduction to North American Indigenous literature
  • Session 2: Indigenous Gender Roles: Louise Erdrich, The Last Miracle on the Little No Horse (2001)
  • Session 3: Indigenous Humor: Sherman Alexie, Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (1993)
  • Session 4: Indigenous Postmodern: Thomas King, Green Grass, Running Water (1993)
  • Session 5: Indigenous Gothic: Eden Robinson, Monkey Beach (2000)
  • Session 6: Indigenous Non-Fiction: Beth Brant, Linda Hogan
Literature
    required literature
  • Sherman Alexie, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (1993)
  • HOGAN, Linda. The woman who watches over the world : a native memoir. 1st publ. as a Norton pbk. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. 207 s. ISBN 0393323056. 2002. info
  • ERDRICH, Louise. The last report on the miracles at Little No Horse. 1st ed. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers. 361 s. ISBN 0060187271. 2001. info
  • ROBINSON, Eden. Monkey beach. 1st pub. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. 377 s. ISBN 0618073272. 2000. info
  • KING, Thomas. Green grass, running water. 1st HarperPerennial ed. Toronto: Harper & Collins. 431 s. ISBN 0-00-647506-X. 1994. info
  • BRANT, Beth. Writing as witness :essay and talk. Canada: Women's Press. 127 s. ISBN 0-88961-200-5. 1994. info
Teaching methods
lectures, group and class discussions, oral presentations, independent study
Assessment methods
group and class discusion, response papers, oral presentation, final essay
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2015, Spring 2019.
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