ENGC01 Indigenous Literature of Turtle Island (Canada)
Instructor: Karina Vernon
Meeting Times: Tuesday & Thursday 12:30-2:00pm
This course introduces students to a diverse selection of recent writing by Indigenous authors in Canada/Turtle Island, including novels, poetry, drama, essays, oratory and autobiography. Discussion of literature is grounded in Indigenous literary criticism, which addresses such issues as appropriation of voice, language, land, spirituality, orality, colonialism, gender, hybridity, authenticity, resistance, sovereignty and anti-racism.
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