ENGL 447

Studies in Aboriginal Literature (North American) (3,0,0) 3 credits

This course focuses on the contemporary writing of aboriginal people in English in Canada and the United States, exploring how aboriginal writers adapt oral strategies to writing and employ various techniques and devices to challenge and subvert colonial assumptions about genre, gender, class, and race.

Prerequisite: Third year standing; any two of the following: ENGL 110, ENGL 111, ENGL 121 with a C average. ENGL 241 recommended.