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AINS-2804: Contemporary Native American Literatures

Description: This course offers a sampling of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction by the most influential American Indian writers since 1970, authors such as Momaday, Silko, Deloria, Welch, Harjo, and Alexie. Students will also learn about those aspects of cosmology and storytelling traditionally shared by all American Indian Nations, as well as about those aspects specific to the individual tribal traditions from which the authors and their characters come.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: COMM-1016 or ENGL-1106

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: ENGL-2804

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 5

Average GPA: 3.33 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 47.26%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Harry W Dyer201145.9%41.1%9.4%0.0%3.6%0.0%3.184
Samuel R Cook2017100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.941

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