Colgate University

First-Year Course Offerings — Fall 2020

ENGL 204   Native American Writers
Credits1
RestrictionsNo 2022 2021 Instr perm req during Drop/Add
Pre-Requisites
Co-Requisites
Core Area
Area of InquiryHuman Thought and Expression
Liberal Arts Practices

An introduction to literary study focusing on the question of what it means to identify a national tradition of literature. This course examines Native American authors of the late 20th century in relation to the works of some of their contemporaries, including works by Linda Hogan, Louise Erdrich, N. Scott Mo-maday, Leslie Marmon Silko, and Simon Ortiz.