51 classes matched your search criteria.

Spring 2025  |  AMIN 3201W Section 001: American Indian Literature (53383)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025
Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, East Bank
Enrollment Status:
Open (0 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
AMIN 3201W offers a fundamental knowledge of the literary styles of several Native American writers. An overview of the cultures and tribal histories from which the authors draw is presented. We will survey the traditional foundations of Native American literature via storytelling, sound, music, spirituality, natural cycles, mythic symbols, and transformative structure. Students will work with novels, short stories, origin tales, autobiographies, poetry, screenplays, dance interpretation and tribal memories.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53383/1253
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

Fall 2024  |  AMIN 3201W Section 002: American Indian Literature (18073)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024
Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 145
Enrollment Status:
Closed (26 of 26 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
AMIN 3201W offers a fundamental knowledge of the literary styles of several Native American writers. An overview of the cultures and tribal histories from which the authors draw is presented. We will survey the traditional foundations of Native American literature via storytelling, sound, music, spirituality, natural cycles, mythic symbols, and transformative structure. Students will work with novels, short stories, origin tales, autobiographies, poetry, screenplays, dance interpretation and tribal memories.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18073/1249
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

Spring 2024  |  AMIN 3201W Section 001: American Indian Literature (53836)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024
Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, East Bank
Burton Hall 125
Enrollment Status:
Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
AMIN 3201W offers a fundamental knowledge of the literary styles of several Native American writers. An overview of the cultures and tribal histories from which the authors draw is presented. We will survey the traditional foundations of Native American literature via storytelling, sound, music, spirituality, natural cycles, mythic symbols, and transformative structure. Students will work with novels, short stories, origin tales, autobiographies, poetry, screenplays, dance interpretation and tribal memories.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53836/1243
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

Fall 2023  |  AMIN 3201W Section 002: American Indian Literature (18427)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023
Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Wulling Hall 240
Enrollment Status:
Closed (28 of 26 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
AMIN 3201W offers a fundamental knowledge of the literary styles of several Native American writers. An overview of the cultures and tribal histories from which the authors draw is presented. We will survey the traditional foundations of Native American literature via storytelling, sound, music, spirituality, natural cycles, mythic symbols, and transformative structure. Students will work with novels, short stories, origin tales, autobiographies, poetry, screenplays, dance interpretation and tribal memories.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18427/1239
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

Spring 2023  |  AMIN 3201W Section 001: American Indian Literature (54368)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023
Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Wulling Hall 240
Enrollment Status:
Open (24 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
AMIN 3201W offers a fundamental knowledge of the literary styles of several Native American writers. An overview of the cultures and tribal histories from which the authors draw is presented. We will survey the traditional foundations of Native American literature via storytelling, sound, music, spirituality, natural cycles, mythic symbols, and transformative structure. Students will work with novels, short stories, origin tales, autobiographies, poetry, screenplays, dance interpretation and tribal memories.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54368/1233
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

Spring 2023  |  AMIN 3201W Section 002: American Indian Literature (52496)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023
Tue, Thu 04:00PM - 05:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Wulling Hall 240
Enrollment Status:
Closed (26 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
AMIN 3201W offers a fundamental knowledge of the literary styles of several Native American writers. An overview of the cultures and tribal histories from which the authors draw is presented. We will survey the traditional foundations of Native American literature via storytelling, sound, music, spirituality, natural cycles, mythic symbols, and transformative structure. Students will work with novels, short stories, origin tales, autobiographies, poetry, screenplays, dance interpretation and tribal memories.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52496/1233
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

Fall 2022  |  AMIN 3201W Section 001: American Indian Literature (18496)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022
Tue, Thu 04:00PM - 05:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Wulling Hall 240
Enrollment Status:
Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
AMIN 3201W offers a fundamental knowledge of the literary styles of several Native American writers. An overview of the cultures and tribal histories from which the authors draw is presented. We will survey the traditional foundations of Native American literature via storytelling, sound, music, spirituality, natural cycles, mythic symbols, and transformative structure. Students will work with novels, short stories, origin tales, autobiographies, poetry, screenplays, dance interpretation and tribal memories.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18496/1229
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

Fall 2022  |  AMIN 3201W Section 002: American Indian Literature (19007)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022
Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Wulling Hall 240
Enrollment Status:
Closed (27 of 26 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
AMIN 3201W offers a fundamental knowledge of the literary styles of several Native American writers. An overview of the cultures and tribal histories from which the authors draw is presented. We will survey the traditional foundations of Native American literature via storytelling, sound, music, spirituality, natural cycles, mythic symbols, and transformative structure. Students will work with novels, short stories, origin tales, autobiographies, poetry, screenplays, dance interpretation and tribal memories.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19007/1229
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

Spring 2022  |  AMIN 3201W Section 001: American Indian Literature (55538)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022
Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Wulling Hall 240
Enrollment Status:
Closed (26 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
AMIN 3201W offers a fundamental knowledge of the literary styles of several Native American writers. An overview of the cultures and tribal histories from which the authors draw is presented. We will survey the traditional foundations of Native American literature via storytelling, sound, music, spirituality, natural cycles, mythic symbols, and transformative structure. Students will work with novels, short stories, origin tales, autobiographies, poetry, screenplays, dance interpretation and tribal memories.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55538/1223
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

Spring 2022  |  AMIN 3201W Section 002: American Indian Literature (53342)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022
Tue, Thu 04:00PM - 05:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Wulling Hall 240
Enrollment Status:
Open (23 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
AMIN 3201W offers a fundamental knowledge of the literary styles of several Native American writers. An overview of the cultures and tribal histories from which the authors draw is presented. We will survey the traditional foundations of Native American literature via storytelling, sound, music, spirituality, natural cycles, mythic symbols, and transformative structure. Students will work with novels, short stories, origin tales, autobiographies, poetry, screenplays, dance interpretation and tribal memories.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53342/1223
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

Fall 2021  |  AMIN 3201W Section 001: American Indian Literature (19601)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021
Tue, Thu 04:00PM - 05:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Wulling Hall 240
Enrollment Status:
Open (24 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
AMIN 3201W offers a fundamental knowledge of the literary styles of several Native American writers. An overview of the cultures and tribal histories from which the authors draw is presented. We will survey the traditional foundations of Native American literature via storytelling, sound, music, spirituality, natural cycles, mythic symbols, and transformative structure. Students will work with novels, short stories, origin tales, autobiographies, poetry, screenplays, dance interpretation and tribal memories.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19601/1219
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

Fall 2021  |  AMIN 3201W Section 002: American Indian Literature (20208)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021
Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Wulling Hall 240
Enrollment Status:
Closed (26 of 26 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
AMIN 3201W offers a fundamental knowledge of the literary styles of several Native American writers. An overview of the cultures and tribal histories from which the authors draw is presented. We will survey the traditional foundations of Native American literature via storytelling, sound, music, spirituality, natural cycles, mythic symbols, and transformative structure. Students will work with novels, short stories, origin tales, autobiographies, poetry, screenplays, dance interpretation and tribal memories.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20208/1219
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

Spring 2021  |  AMIN 3201W Section 001: American Indian Literature (51661)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option No Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Completely Online
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Mode
Online Course
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021
Tue, Thu 12:00PM - 01:15PM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
Enrollment Status:
Open (23 of 27 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
AMIN 3201W offers a fundamental knowledge of the literary styles of several Native American writers. An overview of the cultures and tribal histories from which the authors draw is presented. We will survey the traditional foundations of Native American literature via storytelling, sound, music, spirituality, natural cycles, mythic symbols, and transformative structure. Students will work with novels, short stories, origin tales, autobiographies, poetry, screenplays, dance interpretation and tribal memories.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51661/1213
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

Spring 2021  |  AMIN 3201W Section 002: American Indian Literature (49278)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option No Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Completely Online
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021
Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
Enrollment Status:
Open (24 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
AMIN 3201W offers a fundamental knowledge of the literary styles of several Native American writers. An overview of the cultures and tribal histories from which the authors draw is presented. We will survey the traditional foundations of Native American literature via storytelling, sound, music, spirituality, natural cycles, mythic symbols, and transformative structure. Students will work with novels, short stories, origin tales, autobiographies, poetry, screenplays, dance interpretation and tribal memories.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49278/1213
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

Spring 2021  |  AMIN 3201W Section 003: American Indian Literature (67358)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option No Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Completely Online
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Mode
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021
Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
Enrollment Status:
Open (20 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
AMIN 3201W offers a fundamental knowledge of the literary styles of several Native American writers. An overview of the cultures and tribal histories from which the authors draw is presented. We will survey the traditional foundations of Native American literature via storytelling, sound, music, spirituality, natural cycles, mythic symbols, and transformative structure. Students will work with novels, short stories, origin tales, autobiographies, poetry, screenplays, dance interpretation and tribal memories.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67358/1213
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

Fall 2020  |  AMIN 3201W Section 002: American Indian Literature (14266)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option No Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Completely Online
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Online Course
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020
Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
Enrollment Status:
Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
AMIN 3201W offers a fundamental knowledge of the literary styles of several Native American writers. An overview of the cultures and tribal histories from which the authors draw is presented. We will survey the traditional foundations of Native American literature via storytelling, sound, music, spirituality, natural cycles, mythic symbols, and transformative structure. Students will work with novels, short stories, origin tales, autobiographies, poetry, screenplays, dance interpretation and tribal memories.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14266/1209
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

Fall 2020  |  AMIN 3201W Section 003: American Indian Literature (14880)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option No Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Completely Online
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Online Course
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020
Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
Enrollment Status:
Open (23 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
AMIN 3201W offers a fundamental knowledge of the literary styles of several Native American writers. An overview of the cultures and tribal histories from which the authors draw is presented. We will survey the traditional foundations of Native American literature via storytelling, sound, music, spirituality, natural cycles, mythic symbols, and transformative structure. Students will work with novels, short stories, origin tales, autobiographies, poetry, screenplays, dance interpretation and tribal memories.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14880/1209
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

Spring 2020  |  AMIN 3201W Section 001: American Indian Literature (55685)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option No Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020
Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 145
Enrollment Status:
Open (23 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
How do you creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing cultures of Europe and Euroamerica? In this course we examine how a select group of American Indian writers creatively respond to the experience of colonization in the narratives they imagine. This question is not aimed exclusively at American Indian writers though, nor is it even more generally aimed only at Indian people. Rather this question about colonization is aimed at everyone living here now: How do you (you sitting there reading this statement) creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing culture of Euroamerica? This course invites you to think about this question and this writing, even if you never have before. In class discussions we will examine how various writers approach this question and we will familiarize ourselves with the ideas, themes, and tools Native writers use through close readings of their works. In addition to examining the works we will also examine ways the various works ask us to consider and reconsider our own experiences of living in North America. Your responses to the works and our guiding question will be explored, examined, and developed in class discussions, a variety of short writing assignments, and in a final research essay. You will read four or five books for the course as well as a half-dozen or so short readings. As the course is Writing-Intensive you will also do about 40 pages of writing.
Who Should Take This Class?:
Undergraduates
Learning Objectives:
Understand diverse philosophies and cultures within and across societies How addressed? Students complete three critical papers, including the final research project, which explore the themes of Native writing both within the works and how students can apply those ideas to the analysis of an event or ?text? in their own experience in order to think and write about how Native American ideas about story and colonialism can be used to think about issues of race and justice in the United States.

Understand the role of creativity, innovation, discovery, and expression across disciplines. How addressed? Students are introduced to the idea that literature, a creative art, is an important means to thinking about the world. It is not just ?art for art?s sake,? but is rather a means to critically engage with critical questions of life in the United States. Questions of social justice demand creative thinking and literature, no less than political thought or historical investigation, is a means to think about and address historical injustices as well as a means to recognize and advance the course of justice. In their final project, students are encouraged to think literarily and write narratively, applying the thematic ideas about colonialism and decolonization met in the course readings and use them to think about some event (historical or contemporary) or cultural text/experience in the student?s life.
Grading:
80% Reports/Papers
20% Quizzes
Exam Format:
Papers are assessed using a rubric created by faculty teaching the course to assess content (the critical use of material cited from course readings), clarity (mechanical, grammatical, and organizational) of the writing, and critical insight that students develop into the readings and their analysis of them.

The final project is assessed on a rubric that evaluates the depth of research of the project, the clarity with which course themes are articulated as a means of contextualizing the analyzed event/text, and the readibility of the narrative presentation of the analysis (or, perhaps more simply, the creativity of their presentation of their research and critical insights).
Class Format:
10% Lecture
90% Discussion
Workload:
150 Pages Reading Per Week
40 Pages Writing Per Term
10 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: numerous papers, short (2 pages) and one long (10+ pages)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55685/1203
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
8 July 2019

Spring 2020  |  AMIN 3201W Section 002: American Indian Literature (52786)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option No Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020
Tue 04:00PM - 06:30PM
UMTC, East Bank
Kolthoff Hall 139
Enrollment Status:
Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
AMIN 3201W offers a fundamental knowledge of the literary styles of several Native American writers. An overview of the cultures and tribal histories from which the authors draw is presented. We will survey the traditional foundations of Native American literature via storytelling, sound, music, spirituality, natural cycles, mythic symbols, and transformative structure. Students will work with novels, short stories, origin tales, autobiographies, poetry, screenplays, dance interpretation and tribal memories.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52786/1203
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

Spring 2020  |  AMIN 3201W Section 003: American Indian Literature (66822)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option No Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020
Mon, Wed 12:00PM - 01:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Akerman Hall 215
Enrollment Status:
Open (24 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
How do you creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing cultures of Europe and Euroamerica? In this course we examine how a select group of American Indian writers creatively respond to the experience of colonization in the narratives they imagine. This question is not aimed exclusively at American Indian writers though, nor is it even more generally aimed only at Indian people. Rather this question about colonization is aimed at everyone living here now: How do you (you sitting there reading this statement) creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing culture of Euroamerica? This course invites you to think about this question and this writing, even if you never have before. In class discussions we will examine how various writers approach this question and we will familiarize ourselves with the ideas, themes, and tools Native writers use through close readings of their works. In addition to examining the works we will also examine ways the various works ask us to consider and reconsider our own experiences of living in North America. Your responses to the works and our guiding question will be explored, examined, and developed in class discussions, a variety of short writing assignments, and in a final research essay. You will read four or five books for the course as well as a half-dozen or so short readings. As the course is Writing-Intensive you will also do about 40 pages of writing.
Who Should Take This Class?:
Undergraduates
Learning Objectives:
Understand diverse philosophies and cultures within and across societies How addressed? Students complete three critical papers, including the final research project, which explore the themes of Native writing both within the works and how students can apply those ideas to the analysis of an event or ?text? in their own experience in order to think and write about how Native American ideas about story and colonialism can be used to think about issues of race and justice in the United States.

Understand the role of creativity, innovation, discovery, and expression across disciplines. How addressed? Students are introduced to the idea that literature, a creative art, is an important means to thinking about the world. It is not just ?art for art?s sake,? but is rather a means to critically engage with critical questions of life in the United States. Questions of social justice demand creative thinking and literature, no less than political thought or historical investigation, is a means to think about and address historical injustices as well as a means to recognize and advance the course of justice. In their final project, students are encouraged to think literarily and write narratively, applying the thematic ideas about colonialism and decolonization met in the course readings and use them to think about some event (historical or contemporary) or cultural text/experience in the student?s life.
Grading:
80% Reports/Papers
20% Quizzes
Exam Format:
Papers are assessed using a rubric created by faculty teaching the course to assess content (the critical use of material cited from course readings), clarity (mechanical, grammatical, and organizational) of the writing, and critical insight that students develop into the readings and their analysis of them.

The final project is assessed on a rubric that evaluates the depth of research of the project, the clarity with which course themes are articulated as a means of contextualizing the analyzed event/text, and the readibility of the narrative presentation of the analysis (or, perhaps more simply, the creativity of their presentation of their research and critical insights).
Class Format:
10% Lecture
90% Discussion
Workload:
150 Pages Reading Per Week
40 Pages Writing Per Term
10 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: numerous papers, short (2 pages) and one long (10+ pages)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66822/1203
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
8 July 2019

Fall 2019  |  AMIN 3201W Section 002: American Indian Literature (17613)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019
Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Burton Hall 125
Enrollment Status:
Open (23 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
How do you creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing cultures of Europe and Euroamerica? In this course we examine how a select group of American Indian writers creatively respond to the experience of colonization in the narratives they imagine. This question is not aimed exclusively at American Indian writers though, nor is it even more generally aimed only at Indian people. Rather this question about colonization is aimed at everyone living here now: How do you (you sitting there reading this statement) creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing culture of Euroamerica? This course invites you to think about this question and this writing, even if you never have before. In class discussions we will examine how various writers approach this question and we will familiarize ourselves with the ideas, themes, and tools Native writers use through close readings of their works. In addition to examining the works we will also examine ways the various works ask us to consider and reconsider our own experiences of living in North America. Your responses to the works and our guiding question will be explored, examined, and developed in class discussions, a variety of short writing assignments, and in a final research essay. You will read four or five books for the course as well as a half-dozen or so short readings. As the course is Writing-Intensive you will also do about 40 pages of writing.
Who Should Take This Class?:
Undergraduates
Learning Objectives:
Understand diverse philosophies and cultures within and across societies How addressed? Students complete three critical papers, including the final research project, which explore the themes of Native writing both within the works and how students can apply those ideas to the analysis of an event or ?text? in their own experience in order to think and write about how Native American ideas about story and colonialism can be used to think about issues of race and justice in the United States.

Understand the role of creativity, innovation, discovery, and expression across disciplines. How addressed? Students are introduced to the idea that literature, a creative art, is an important means to thinking about the world. It is not just ?art for art?s sake,? but is rather a means to critically engage with critical questions of life in the United States. Questions of social justice demand creative thinking and literature, no less than political thought or historical investigation, is a means to think about and address historical injustices as well as a means to recognize and advance the course of justice. In their final project, students are encouraged to think literarily and write narratively, applying the thematic ideas about colonialism and decolonization met in the course readings and use them to think about some event (historical or contemporary) or cultural text/experience in the student?s life.
Grading:
80% Reports/Papers
20% Quizzes
Exam Format:
Papers are assessed using a rubric created by faculty teaching the course to assess content (the critical use of material cited from course readings), clarity (mechanical, grammatical, and organizational) of the writing, and critical insight that students develop into the readings and their analysis of them.

The final project is assessed on a rubric that evaluates the depth of research of the project, the clarity with which course themes are articulated as a means of contextualizing the analyzed event/text, and the readibility of the narrative presentation of the analysis (or, perhaps more simply, the creativity of their presentation of their research and critical insights).
Class Format:
10% Lecture
90% Discussion
Workload:
150 Pages Reading Per Week
40 Pages Writing Per Term
10 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: numerous papers, short (2 pages) and one long (10+ pages)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17613/1199
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
8 July 2019

Fall 2019  |  AMIN 3201W Section 003: American Indian Literature (18263)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019
Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 335
Enrollment Status:
Open (24 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
Same as section lead
Who Should Take This Class?:
Same as section lead
Learning Objectives:
Same as section lead
Grading:
Same as section lead
Exam Format:
Same as section lead
Class Format:
Same as section lead
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18263/1199
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
8 July 2019

Spring 2019  |  AMIN 3201W Section 001: American Indian Literature (67168)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019
Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Burton Hall 123
Enrollment Status:
Closed (35 of 35 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
How do you creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing cultures of Europe and Euroamerica? In this course we examine how a select group of American Indian writers creatively respond to the experience of colonization in the narratives they imagine. This question is not aimed exclusively at American Indian writers though, nor is it even more generally aimed only at Indian people. Rather this question about colonization is aimed at everyone living here now: How do you (you sitting there reading this statement) creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing culture of Euroamerica? This course invites you to think about this question and this writing, even if you never have before. In class discussions we will examine how various writers approach this question and we will familiarize ourselves with the ideas, themes, and tools Native writers use through close readings of their works. In addition to examining the works we will also examine ways the various works ask us to consider and reconsider our own experiences of living in North America. Your responses to the works and our guiding question will be explored, examined, and developed in class discussions, a variety of short writing assignments, and in a final research essay. You will read four or five books for the course as well as a half-dozen or so short readings. As the course is Writing-Intensive you will also do about 40 pages of writing.
Grading:
80% Reports/Papers
20% Quizzes
Class Format:
10% Lecture
90% Discussion
Workload:
150 Pages Reading Per Week
40 Pages Writing Per Term
10 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: numerous papers, short (2 pages) and one long (10+ pages)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67168/1193
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
2 June 2009

Spring 2019  |  AMIN 3201W Section 002: American Indian Literature (52942)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019
Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 315
Enrollment Status:
Open (26 of 35 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
AMIN 3201W offers a fundamental knowledge of the literary styles of several Native American writers. An overview of the cultures and tribal histories from which the authors draw is presented. We will survey the traditional foundations of Native American literature via storytelling, sound, music, spirituality, natural cycles, mythic symbols, and transformative structure. Students will work with novels, short stories, origin tales, autobiographies, poetry, screenplays, dance interpretation and tribal memories.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52942/1193
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

Fall 2018  |  AMIN 3201W Section 002: American Indian Literature (17867)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018
Wed, Fri 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Amundson Hall 124
Enrollment Status:
Open (31 of 35 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
How do you creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing cultures of Europe and Euroamerica? In this course we examine how a select group of American Indian writers creatively respond to the experience of colonization in the narratives they imagine. This question is not aimed exclusively at American Indian writers though, nor is it even more generally aimed only at Indian people. Rather this question about colonization is aimed at everyone living here now: How do you (you sitting there reading this statement) creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing culture of Euroamerica? This course invites you to think about this question and this writing, even if you never have before. In class discussions we will examine how various writers approach this question and we will familiarize ourselves with the ideas, themes, and tools Native writers use through close readings of their works. In addition to examining the works we will also examine ways the various works ask us to consider and reconsider our own experiences of living in North America. Your responses to the works and our guiding question will be explored, examined, and developed in class discussions, a variety of short writing assignments, and in a final research essay. You will read four or five books for the course as well as a half-dozen or so short readings. As the course is Writing-Intensive you will also do about 40 pages of writing.
Grading:
80% Reports/Papers
20% Quizzes
Class Format:
10% Lecture
90% Discussion
Workload:
150 Pages Reading Per Week
40 Pages Writing Per Term
10 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: numerous papers, short (2 pages) and one long (10+ pages)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17867/1189
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
2 June 2009

Fall 2018  |  AMIN 3201W Section 003: American Indian Literature (18568)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018
Tue 06:20PM - 08:50PM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 145
Enrollment Status:
Open (34 of 36 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
AMIN 3201W offers a fundamental knowledge of the literary styles of several Native American writers. An overview of the cultures and tribal histories from which the authors draw is presented. We will survey the traditional foundations of Native American literature via storytelling, sound, music, spirituality, natural cycles, mythic symbols, and transformative structure. Students will work with novels, short stories, origin tales, autobiographies, poetry, screenplays, dance interpretation and tribal memories.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18568/1189
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

Spring 2018  |  AMIN 3201W Section 002: American Indian Literature (49694)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018
Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 145
Enrollment Status:
Open (34 of 35 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
How do you creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing cultures of Europe and Euroamerica? In this course we examine how a select group of American Indian writers creatively respond to the experience of colonization in the narratives they imagine. This question is not aimed exclusively at American Indian writers though, nor is it even more generally aimed only at Indian people. Rather this question about colonization is aimed at everyone living here now: How do you (you sitting there reading this statement) creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing culture of Euroamerica? This course invites you to think about this question and this writing, even if you never have before. In class discussions we will examine how various writers approach this question and we will familiarize ourselves with the ideas, themes, and tools Native writers use through close readings of their works. In addition to examining the works we will also examine ways the various works ask us to consider and reconsider our own experiences of living in North America. Your responses to the works and our guiding question will be explored, examined, and developed in class discussions, a variety of short writing assignments, and in a final research essay. You will read four or five books for the course as well as a half-dozen or so short readings. As the course is Writing-Intensive you will also do about 40 pages of writing.
Grading:
80% Reports/Papers
20% Quizzes
Class Format:
10% Lecture
90% Discussion
Workload:
150 Pages Reading Per Week
40 Pages Writing Per Term
10 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: numerous papers, short (2 pages) and one long (10+ pages)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49694/1183
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
2 June 2009

Fall 2017  |  AMIN 3201W Section 002: American Indian Literature (14789)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017
Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Scott Hall 4
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
How do you creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing cultures of Europe and Euroamerica? In this course we examine how a select group of American Indian writers creatively respond to the experience of colonization in the narratives they imagine. This question is not aimed exclusively at American Indian writers though, nor is it even more generally aimed only at Indian people. Rather this question about colonization is aimed at everyone living here now: How do you (you sitting there reading this statement) creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing culture of Euroamerica? This course invites you to think about this question and this writing, even if you never have before. In class discussions we will examine how various writers approach this question and we will familiarize ourselves with the ideas, themes, and tools Native writers use through close readings of their works. In addition to examining the works we will also examine ways the various works ask us to consider and reconsider our own experiences of living in North America. Your responses to the works and our guiding question will be explored, examined, and developed in class discussions, a variety of short writing assignments, and in a final research essay. You will read four or five books for the course as well as a half-dozen or so short readings. As the course is Writing-Intensive you will also do about 40 pages of writing.
Grading:
80% Reports/Papers
20% Quizzes
Class Format:
10% Lecture
90% Discussion
Workload:
150 Pages Reading Per Week
40 Pages Writing Per Term
10 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: numerous papers, short (2 pages) and one long (10+ pages)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14789/1179
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
2 June 2009

Fall 2017  |  AMIN 3201W Section 003: American Indian Literature (15525)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017
Tue 06:20PM - 08:50PM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 315
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
AMIN 3201W offers a fundamental knowledge of the literary styles of several Native American writers. An overview of the cultures and tribal histories from which the authors draw is presented. We will survey the traditional foundations of Native American literature via storytelling, sound, music, spirituality, natural cycles, mythic symbols, and transformative structure. Students will work with novels, short stories, origin tales, autobiographies, poetry, screenplays, dance interpretation and tribal memories.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15525/1179
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

Spring 2017  |  AMIN 3201W Section 001: American Indian Literature (67381)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017
Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Burton Hall 123
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
AMIN 3201W offers a fundamental knowledge of the literary styles of several Native American writers. An overview of the cultures and tribal histories from which the authors draw is presented. We will survey the traditional foundations of Native American literature via storytelling, sound, music, spirituality, natural cycles, mythic symbols, and transformative structure. Students will work with novels, short stories, origin tales, autobiographies, poetry, screenplays, dance interpretation and tribal memories.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67381/1173
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

Spring 2017  |  AMIN 3201W Section 002: American Indian Literature (50137)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017
Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 335
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
How do you creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing cultures of Europe and Euroamerica? In this course we examine how a select group of American Indian writers creatively respond to the experience of colonization in the narratives they imagine. This question is not aimed exclusively at American Indian writers though, nor is it even more generally aimed only at Indian people. Rather this question about colonization is aimed at everyone living here now: How do you (you sitting there reading this statement) creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing culture of Euroamerica? This course invites you to think about this question and this writing, even if you never have before. In class discussions we will examine how various writers approach this question and we will familiarize ourselves with the ideas, themes, and tools Native writers use through close readings of their works. In addition to examining the works we will also examine ways the various works ask us to consider and reconsider our own experiences of living in North America. Your responses to the works and our guiding question will be explored, examined, and developed in class discussions, a variety of short writing assignments, and in a final research essay. You will read four or five books for the course as well as a half-dozen or so short readings. As the course is Writing-Intensive you will also do about 40 pages of writing.
Grading:
80% Reports/Papers
20% Quizzes
Class Format:
10% Lecture
90% Discussion
Workload:
150 Pages Reading Per Week
40 Pages Writing Per Term
10 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: numerous papers, short (2 pages) and one long (10+ pages)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50137/1173
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
2 June 2009

Spring 2017  |  AMIN 3201W Section 003: American Indian Literature (51697)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017
Tue 06:20PM - 08:50PM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 145
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
AMIN 3201W offers a fundamental knowledge of the literary styles of several Native American writers. An overview of the cultures and tribal histories from which the authors draw is presented. We will survey the traditional foundations of Native American literature via storytelling, sound, music, spirituality, natural cycles, mythic symbols, and transformative structure. Students will work with novels, short stories, origin tales, autobiographies, poetry, screenplays, dance interpretation and tribal memories.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51697/1173
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

Fall 2016  |  AMIN 3201W Section 002: American Indian Literature (14982)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
Mon, Wed, Fri 12:20PM - 01:10PM
UMTC, East Bank
Ford Hall 115
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
How do you creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing cultures of Europe and Euroamerica? In this course we examine how a select group of American Indian writers creatively respond to the experience of colonization in the narratives they imagine. This question is not aimed exclusively at American Indian writers though, nor is it even more generally aimed only at Indian people. Rather this question about colonization is aimed at everyone living here now: How do you (you sitting there reading this statement) creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing culture of Euroamerica? This course invites you to think about this question and this writing, even if you never have before. In class discussions we will examine how various writers approach this question and we will familiarize ourselves with the ideas, themes, and tools Native writers use through close readings of their works. In addition to examining the works we will also examine ways the various works ask us to consider and reconsider our own experiences of living in North America. Your responses to the works and our guiding question will be explored, examined, and developed in class discussions, a variety of short writing assignments, and in a final research essay. You will read four or five books for the course as well as a half-dozen or so short readings. As the course is Writing-Intensive you will also do about 40 pages of writing.
Grading:
80% Reports/Papers
20% Quizzes
Class Format:
10% Lecture
90% Discussion
Workload:
150 Pages Reading Per Week
40 Pages Writing Per Term
10 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: numerous papers, short (2 pages) and one long (10+ pages)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14982/1169
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
2 June 2009

Fall 2016  |  AMIN 3201W Section 003: American Indian Literature (15851)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016
Tue 06:20PM - 08:50PM
UMTC, East Bank
Wulling Hall 240
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
AMIN 3201W offers a fundamental knowledge of the literary styles of several Native American writers. An overview of the cultures and tribal histories from which the authors draw is presented. We will survey the traditional foundations of Native American literature via storytelling, sound, music, spirituality, natural cycles, mythic symbols, and transformative structure. Students will work with novels, short stories, origin tales, autobiographies, poetry, screenplays, dance interpretation and tribal memories.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15851/1169
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

Spring 2016  |  AMIN 3201W Section 002: American Indian Literature (49615)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016
Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 145
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
How do you creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing cultures of Europe and Euroamerica? In this course we examine how a select group of American Indian writers creatively respond to the experience of colonization in the narratives they imagine. This question is not aimed exclusively at American Indian writers though, nor is it even more generally aimed only at Indian people. Rather this question about colonization is aimed at everyone living here now: How do you (you sitting there reading this statement) creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing culture of Euroamerica? This course invites you to think about this question and this writing, even if you never have before. In class discussions we will examine how various writers approach this question and we will familiarize ourselves with the ideas, themes, and tools Native writers use through close readings of their works. In addition to examining the works we will also examine ways the various works ask us to consider and reconsider our own experiences of living in North America. Your responses to the works and our guiding question will be explored, examined, and developed in class discussions, a variety of short writing assignments, and in a final research essay. You will read four or five books for the course as well as a half-dozen or so short readings. As the course is Writing-Intensive you will also do about 40 pages of writing.
Grading:
80% Reports/Papers
20% Quizzes
Class Format:
10% Lecture
90% Discussion
Workload:
150 Pages Reading Per Week
40 Pages Writing Per Term
10 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: numerous papers, short (2 pages) and one long (10+ pages)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49615/1163
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
2 June 2009

Spring 2016  |  AMIN 3201W Section 003: American Indian Literature (56929)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016
Tue 06:20PM - 08:50PM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 145
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
AMIN 3201W offers a fundamental knowledge of the literary styles of several Native American writers. An overview of the cultures and tribal histories from which the authors draw is presented. We will survey the traditional foundations of Native American literature via storytelling, sound, music, spirituality, natural cycles, mythic symbols, and transformative structure. Students will work with novels, short stories, origin tales, autobiographies, poetry, screenplays, dance interpretation and tribal memories.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/56929/1163
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

Fall 2015  |  AMIN 3201W Section 001: American Indian Literature (11815)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Carlson School of Management 2-215
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
AMIN 3201W offers a fundamental knowledge of the literary styles of several Native American writers. An overview of the cultures and tribal histories from which the authors draw is presented. We will survey the traditional foundations of Native American literature via storytelling, sound, music, spirituality, natural cycles, mythic symbols, and transformative structure. Students will work with novels, short stories, origin tales, autobiographies, poetry, screenplays, dance interpretation and tribal memories.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/11815/1159
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

Fall 2015  |  AMIN 3201W Section 002: American Indian Literature (13858)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Mon, Wed, Fri 12:20PM - 01:10PM
UMTC, East Bank
Peik Hall 315
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
How do you creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing cultures of Europe and Euroamerica? In this course we examine how a select group of American Indian writers creatively respond to the experience of colonization in the narratives they imagine. This question is not aimed exclusively at American Indian writers though, nor is it even more generally aimed only at Indian people. Rather this question about colonization is aimed at everyone living here now: How do you (you sitting there reading this statement) creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing culture of Euroamerica? This course invites you to think about this question and this writing, even if you never have before. In class discussions we will examine how various writers approach this question and we will familiarize ourselves with the ideas, themes, and tools Native writers use through close readings of their works. In addition to examining the works we will also examine ways the various works ask us to consider and reconsider our own experiences of living in North America. Your responses to the works and our guiding question will be explored, examined, and developed in class discussions, a variety of short writing assignments, and in a final research essay. You will read four or five books for the course as well as a half-dozen or so short readings. As the course is Writing-Intensive you will also do about 40 pages of writing.
Grading:
80% Reports/Papers
20% Quizzes
Class Format:
10% Lecture
90% Discussion
Workload:
150 Pages Reading Per Week
40 Pages Writing Per Term
10 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: numerous papers, short (2 pages) and one long (10+ pages)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/13858/1159
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
2 June 2009

Fall 2015  |  AMIN 3201W Section 003: American Indian Literature (17597)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Tue 06:20PM - 08:50PM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 145
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
AMIN 3201W offers a fundamental knowledge of the literary styles of several Native American writers. An overview of the cultures and tribal histories from which the authors draw is presented. We will survey the traditional foundations of Native American literature via storytelling, sound, music, spirituality, natural cycles, mythic symbols, and transformative structure. Students will work with novels, short stories, origin tales, autobiographies, poetry, screenplays, dance interpretation and tribal memories.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17597/1159
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

Spring 2015  |  AMIN 3201W Section 002: American Indian Literature (49611)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015
Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 145
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
How do you creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing cultures of Europe and Euroamerica? In this course we examine how a select group of American Indian writers creatively respond to the experience of colonization in the narratives they imagine. This question is not aimed exclusively at American Indian writers though, nor is it even more generally aimed only at Indian people. Rather this question about colonization is aimed at everyone living here now: How do you (you sitting there reading this statement) creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing culture of Euroamerica? This course invites you to think about this question and this writing, even if you never have before. In class discussions we will examine how various writers approach this question and we will familiarize ourselves with the ideas, themes, and tools Native writers use through close readings of their works. In addition to examining the works we will also examine ways the various works ask us to consider and reconsider our own experiences of living in North America. Your responses to the works and our guiding question will be explored, examined, and developed in class discussions, a variety of short writing assignments, and in a final research essay. You will read four or five books for the course as well as a half-dozen or so short readings. As the course is Writing-Intensive you will also do about 40 pages of writing.
Grading:
80% Reports/Papers
20% Quizzes
Class Format:
10% Lecture
90% Discussion
Workload:
150 Pages Reading Per Week
40 Pages Writing Per Term
10 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: numerous papers, short (2 pages) and one long (10+ pages)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49611/1153
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
2 June 2009

Spring 2015  |  AMIN 3201W Section 003: American Indian Literature (57880)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015
Tue 06:20PM - 08:50PM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 145
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
AMIN 3201W offers a fundamental knowledge of the literary styles of several Native American writers. An overview of the cultures and tribal histories from which the authors draw is presented. We will survey the traditional foundations of Native American literature via storytelling, sound, music, spirituality, natural cycles, mythic symbols, and transformative structure. Students will work with novels, short stories, origin tales, autobiographies, poetry, screenplays, dance interpretation and tribal memories.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/57880/1153
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

Fall 2014  |  AMIN 3201W Section 001: American Indian Literature (11932)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014
Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Wulling Hall 240
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
How do you creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing cultures of Europe and Euroamerica? In this course we examine how a select group of American Indian writers creatively respond to the experience of colonization in the narratives they imagine. This question is not aimed exclusively at American Indian writers though, nor is it even more generally aimed only at Indian people. Rather this question about colonization is aimed at everyone living here now: How do you (you sitting there reading this statement) creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing culture of Euroamerica? This course invites you to think about this question and this writing, even if you never have before. In class discussions we will examine how various writers approach this question and we will familiarize ourselves with the ideas, themes, and tools Native writers use through close readings of their works. In addition to examining the works we will also examine ways the various works ask us to consider and reconsider our own experiences of living in North America. Your responses to the works and our guiding question will be explored, examined, and developed in class discussions, a variety of short writing assignments, and in a final research essay. You will read four or five books for the course as well as a half-dozen or so short readings. As the course is Writing-Intensive you will also do about 40 pages of writing.
Grading:
80% Reports/Papers
20% Quizzes
Class Format:
10% Lecture
90% Discussion
Workload:
150 Pages Reading Per Week
40 Pages Writing Per Term
10 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: numerous papers, short (2 pages) and one long (10+ pages)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/11932/1149
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
2 June 2009

Fall 2014  |  AMIN 3201W Section 002: American Indian Literature (14088)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/02/2014 - 10/19/2014
Mon, Wed, Fri 12:20PM - 01:10PM
UMTC, East Bank
Appleby Hall 102
 
10/20/2014 - 10/24/2014
Mon, Wed, Fri 12:20PM - 01:10PM
UMTC, East Bank
Appleby Hall 319
 
10/25/2014 - 12/10/2014
Mon, Wed, Fri 12:20PM - 01:10PM
UMTC, East Bank
Appleby Hall 102
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
How do you creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing cultures of Europe and Euroamerica? In this course we examine how a select group of American Indian writers creatively respond to the experience of colonization in the narratives they imagine. This question is not aimed exclusively at American Indian writers though, nor is it even more generally aimed only at Indian people. Rather this question about colonization is aimed at everyone living here now: How do you (you sitting there reading this statement) creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing culture of Euroamerica? This course invites you to think about this question and this writing, even if you never have before. In class discussions we will examine how various writers approach this question and we will familiarize ourselves with the ideas, themes, and tools Native writers use through close readings of their works. In addition to examining the works we will also examine ways the various works ask us to consider and reconsider our own experiences of living in North America. Your responses to the works and our guiding question will be explored, examined, and developed in class discussions, a variety of short writing assignments, and in a final research essay. You will read four or five books for the course as well as a half-dozen or so short readings. As the course is Writing-Intensive you will also do about 40 pages of writing.
Grading:
80% Reports/Papers
20% Quizzes
Class Format:
10% Lecture
90% Discussion
Workload:
150 Pages Reading Per Week
40 Pages Writing Per Term
10 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: numerous papers, short (2 pages) and one long (10+ pages)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14088/1149
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
2 June 2009

Fall 2014  |  AMIN 3201W Section 003: American Indian Literature (18373)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014
Tue 06:20PM - 08:50PM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 120
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
AMIN 3201W offers a fundamental knowledge of the literary styles of several Native American writers. An overview of the cultures and tribal histories from which the authors draw is presented. We will survey the traditional foundations of Native American literature via storytelling, sound, music, spirituality, natural cycles, mythic symbols, and transformative structure. Students will work with novels, short stories, origin tales, autobiographies, poetry, screenplays, dance interpretation and tribal memories.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18373/1149
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

Spring 2014  |  AMIN 3201W Section 002: American Indian Literature (54429)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014
Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 145
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
How do you creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing cultures of Europe and Euroamerica? In this course we examine how a select group of American Indian writers creatively respond to the experience of colonization in the narratives they imagine. This question is not aimed exclusively at American Indian writers though, nor is it even more generally aimed only at Indian people. Rather this question about colonization is aimed at everyone living here now: How do you (you sitting there reading this statement) creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing culture of Euroamerica? This course invites you to think about this question and this writing, even if you never have before. In class discussions we will examine how various writers approach this question and we will familiarize ourselves with the ideas, themes, and tools Native writers use through close readings of their works. In addition to examining the works we will also examine ways the various works ask us to consider and reconsider our own experiences of living in North America. Your responses to the works and our guiding question will be explored, examined, and developed in class discussions, a variety of short writing assignments, and in a final research essay. You will read four or five books for the course as well as a half-dozen or so short readings. As the course is Writing-Intensive you will also do about 40 pages of writing.
Grading:
80% Reports/Papers
20% Quizzes
Class Format:
10% Lecture
90% Discussion
Workload:
150 Pages Reading Per Week
40 Pages Writing Per Term
10 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: numerous papers, short (2 pages) and one long (10+ pages)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54429/1143
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
2 June 2009

Spring 2014  |  AMIN 3201W Section 003: American Indian Literature (63351)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014
Tue 06:20PM - 08:50PM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 145
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
AMIN 3201W offers a fundamental knowledge of the literary styles of several Native American writers. An overview of the cultures and tribal histories from which the authors draw is presented. We will survey the traditional foundations of Native American literature via storytelling, sound, music, spirituality, natural cycles, mythic symbols, and transformative structure. Students will work with novels, short stories, origin tales, autobiographies, poetry, screenplays, dance interpretation and tribal memories.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/63351/1143
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

Fall 2013  |  AMIN 3201W Section 001: American Indian Literature (17639)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Wulling Hall 240
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
How do you creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing cultures of Europe and Euroamerica? In this course we examine how a select group of American Indian writers creatively respond to the experience of colonization in the narratives they imagine. This question is not aimed exclusively at American Indian writers though, nor is it even more generally aimed only at Indian people. Rather this question about colonization is aimed at everyone living here now: How do you (you sitting there reading this statement) creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing culture of Euroamerica? This course invites you to think about this question and this writing, even if you never have before. In class discussions we will examine how various writers approach this question and we will familiarize ourselves with the ideas, themes, and tools Native writers use through close readings of their works. In addition to examining the works we will also examine ways the various works ask us to consider and reconsider our own experiences of living in North America. Your responses to the works and our guiding question will be explored, examined, and developed in class discussions, a variety of short writing assignments, and in a final research essay. You will read four or five books for the course as well as a half-dozen or so short readings. As the course is Writing-Intensive you will also do about 40 pages of writing.
Grading:
80% Reports/Papers
20% Quizzes
Class Format:
10% Lecture
90% Discussion
Workload:
150 Pages Reading Per Week
40 Pages Writing Per Term
10 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: numerous papers, short (2 pages) and one long (10+ pages)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17639/1139
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
2 June 2009

Fall 2013  |  AMIN 3201W Section 002: American Indian Literature (19905)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Mon, Wed, Fri 12:20PM - 01:10PM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 335
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
How do you creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing cultures of Europe and Euroamerica? In this course we examine how a select group of American Indian writers creatively respond to the experience of colonization in the narratives they imagine. This question is not aimed exclusively at American Indian writers though, nor is it even more generally aimed only at Indian people. Rather this question about colonization is aimed at everyone living here now: How do you (you sitting there reading this statement) creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing culture of Euroamerica? This course invites you to think about this question and this writing, even if you never have before. In class discussions we will examine how various writers approach this question and we will familiarize ourselves with the ideas, themes, and tools Native writers use through close readings of their works. In addition to examining the works we will also examine ways the various works ask us to consider and reconsider our own experiences of living in North America. Your responses to the works and our guiding question will be explored, examined, and developed in class discussions, a variety of short writing assignments, and in a final research essay. You will read four or five books for the course as well as a half-dozen or so short readings. As the course is Writing-Intensive you will also do about 40 pages of writing.
Grading:
80% Reports/Papers
20% Quizzes
Class Format:
10% Lecture
90% Discussion
Workload:
150 Pages Reading Per Week
40 Pages Writing Per Term
10 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: numerous papers, short (2 pages) and one long (10+ pages)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19905/1139
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
2 June 2009

Fall 2013  |  AMIN 3201W Section 003: American Indian Literature (24396)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013
Tue 06:20PM - 08:50PM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 145
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
AMIN 3201W offers a fundamental knowledge of the literary styles of several Native American writers. An overview of the cultures and tribal histories from which the authors draw is presented. We will survey the traditional foundations of Native American literature via storytelling, sound, music, spirituality, natural cycles, mythic symbols, and transformative structure. Students will work with novels, short stories, origin tales, autobiographies, poetry, screenplays, dance interpretation and tribal memories.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/24396/1139
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
21 May 2007

Spring 2013  |  AMIN 3201W Section 002: American Indian Literature (49529)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013
Mon, Wed, Fri 11:15AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, East Bank
Burton Hall 123
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
How do you creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing cultures of Europe and Euroamerica? In this course we examine how a select group of American Indian writers creatively respond to the experience of colonization in the narratives they imagine. This question is not aimed exclusively at American Indian writers though, nor is it even more generally aimed only at Indian people. Rather this question about colonization is aimed at everyone living here now: How do you (you sitting there reading this statement) creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing culture of Euroamerica? This course invites you to think about this question and this writing, even if you never have before. In class discussions we will examine how various writers approach this question and we will familiarize ourselves with the ideas, themes, and tools Native writers use through close readings of their works. In addition to examining the works we will also examine ways the various works ask us to consider and reconsider our own experiences of living in North America. Your responses to the works and our guiding question will be explored, examined, and developed in class discussions, a variety of short writing assignments, and in a final research essay. You will read four or five books for the course as well as a half-dozen or so short readings. As the course is Writing-Intensive you will also do about 40 pages of writing.
Grading:
80% Reports/Papers
20% Quizzes
Class Format:
10% Lecture
90% Discussion
Workload:
150 Pages Reading Per Week
40 Pages Writing Per Term
10 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: numerous papers, short (2 pages) and one long (10+ pages)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49529/1133
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
2 June 2009

Spring 2013  |  AMIN 3201W Section 003: American Indian Literature (59297)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Medium
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013
Tue 06:20PM - 08:50PM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 145
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Comparative studies of oral traditions, modern literature from various tribal cultures.
Class Description:
How do you creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing cultures of Europe and Euroamerica? In this course we examine how a select group of American Indian writers creatively respond to the experience of colonization in the narratives they imagine. This question is not aimed exclusively at American Indian writers though, nor is it even more generally aimed only at Indian people. Rather this question about colonization is aimed at everyone living here now: How do you (you sitting there reading this statement) creatively respond to the transformations and deformations introduced into Native America by the colonizing culture of Euroamerica? This course invites you to think about this question and this writing, even if you never have before. In class discussions we will examine how various writers approach this question and we will familiarize ourselves with the ideas, themes, and tools Native writers use through close readings of their works. In addition to examining the works we will also examine ways the various works ask us to consider and reconsider our own experiences of living in North America. Your responses to the works and our guiding question will be explored, examined, and developed in class discussions, a variety of short writing assignments, and in a final research essay. You will read four or five books for the course as well as a half-dozen or so short readings. As the course is Writing-Intensive you will also do about 40 pages of writing.
Grading:
80% Reports/Papers
20% Quizzes
Class Format:
10% Lecture
90% Discussion
Workload:
150 Pages Reading Per Week
40 Pages Writing Per Term
10 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: numerous papers, short (2 pages) and one long (10+ pages)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/59297/1133
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
2 June 2009

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