CHID 250 B: Special Topics: Introduction to the History of Ideas

"INDIGENOUS RE-VISIONS OF CULTURAL PRODUCTION" A CRITICAL INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW OF THE FIELD OF CONTEMPORARY INDIGENOUS LITERARY STUDIES, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE WAYS INDIGENOUS TEXTS TEACH READERS HOW TO ENTER INTO THESE DYNAMIC STORIES OF PEOPLE ON THE MOVE. THE COURSE INTERROGATES THE LIMITS OF SETTLER GEOGRAPHIES AND TEMPORALITIES AS NARRATIVE FRAMES, AS WELL AS LITERARY GENRE DISTINCTIONS, AND CONSIDERS THE WAYS IN WHICH THE "LITERARY" NATURE OF STORYTELLING EXTENDS INTO ORAL, VISUAL, AND PERFORMATIVE MEDIUMS.BY ENCOUNTERING TEXTS THAT CENTER THEMES OF MIGRATION, DISLOCATIONS, AND RELOCATIONS, STUDENTS WILL BUILD A THEORETICAL TOOLKIT FOR ENGAGING INDIGENOUS CREATIVE FORMS OF CULTURAL PRODUCTION.