CLCV 220
Greco-Roman Antiquity in Native American Literature. Engagements with the languages, literatures, mythologies, and histories of ancient Greece and Rome in a selection of Indigenous writers of North America from the seventeenth century to today. Themes include: indigeneity, colonialism, and survivance; strategies of comparison; talking back to stereotypes of Native savagery or inferiority; new insights on Greco-Roman antiquity. Authors include William Apess, Ely Parker, Laura Cornelius Kellogg, Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, N. Scott Momaday, Louise Erdrich.
Term: Spring 2024
Instructor: Craig Williams
Credit: 3 hours.
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Spring 2024 for:
- Cultural Studies - Western
- Humanities – Lit & Arts