Greco-Roman Antiquity in Native American Literature

CLCV 220
Poster with the text, "Greco-Roman Antiquity in Native American Literature: CLCV/CWL 220 section B, professor Craig Williams, 8-week class, starts March 12, TR 2:00-3:50 pm"

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