English
3306-001 - Fall 2002
T/Th
9:30-10:45
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| This course will investigate the nature of Ethnic Literature by concentrating on the ways in which contemporary texts assimilate the myths and poetics of traditional culture. Native American and Mexican texts will allow us to think about orality, literacy, performance, and genre. We will look at what ethnopoetics has to say about the aesthetic form and cultural vision of such ancient works as the Mayan Popol Vuh and the Nahuatl Quetzalcoatl. We will see how sacred and secular matter is reworked in contemporary fiction and poetry, particularly that associated with Chicanismo and the Native American Renaissance, and reflect on the competing claims for cultural inheritance and identity construction. And we will discuss the social and pedagogical consequences--for authors, casual readers, and teacher/critics--of approaching literature in terms of ethnic categories. | ||
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