| ABVC 3B08 Ways of Telling: Aboriginal Literature and Narrative Tradition 0.50 Credit(s) Academic Course |
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| Prerequisite: 7.5 credits, including 1.0 credit of second-year liberal studies (including 0.5 VISC credit). |
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| Through a survey of Aboriginal authors, this course will introduce students to the rich literary tradition of the Americas. The course begins with the Popol Vuh codices of the ancient Maya extending to the to great oral cycle stories of the Iroquioan and Anishnaabe peoples. The course will trace Aboriginal literary development from early narratives in picture writing to contemporary expression in fiction, theatre, poetry and the essay. Authors covered will include: novelists Eden Robinson, Joseph Boyden and Sherman Alexie; poets, Pauline Johnson, Lee Maracle, Simon J. Ortiz; playwrights Thomson Highway and Drew Hayden Taylor; and essayists Marcia Crosby, Margaret Archuleta and Gerald Vizenor. |
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| Anti-requisite: Students who previously took ENGL 3B08 for credit may not take this course for further credit. |
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| Notes: This course is also offered as ENGL 3B08. You must decide which course category you wish this to be counted towards at the time of registration by registering for either ABVC 3B08 or ENGL 3B08. |
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| Course was last updated June 14, 2010 - 4:04 PM | |