Writers to be studied include Sui Sin Far, Hisaye Yamamoto, Maxine Hong Kingston, Carlos Bulosan, Ginu Kamani, Zamora Linmark. There will be exams and short paper assignments. We will read poetry, fiction, and essays written by a number of prominent contemporary Native American writers. There will be two short papers and a long paper. Classwork will also count as part of course evaluation.
Attendance is required.
In this writing-intensive course, which will be run as a seminar and as a workshop, we will read memoires by Mary Karr, Stephen Dubner, Martin Amis, and Susan Griffin, with an eye towards exploring how the trajectories of individual lives are influenced by religious and educational institutions, familial pasts, geographic locale, and nation. No previous experience with HTML or Dreamweaver is required to enroll in this seminar. Regular class attendance. In class presentation on one of the assigned readings. Completion of web assignments throughout the semester.