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ENGH107

Indigenous Environments: Literature and Film

English College of Liberal Arts

Course Subject Code

ENGH

Course Number

107

Status

Active

Course Attributes

BHUM: GenEd-Breadth/Humanities, CEA: ProgCLA-CEA and Au Pair, DVUS: GenEd-Diversity US, MECW: Major-English:CreativeWriting, MEWC: Major-English:Writing/Comms, ENEL: Minor-Engl:Literature Elective, NENL: Minor-English:Literature

Course Short Title

Indigenous Env.: Lit and Film

Course Long Title

Indigenous Environments: Literature and Film

Course Description

Examines contemporary indigenous literature and film using an environmental lens to explore the ways these texts help us understand past and present issues like displacement, resource extraction, and toxic exposure. Texts may include fiction and poetry by authors like Louise Erdrich, Linda Hogan, and Simon Ortiz as well as such films as Smoke Signals, The Return of Navajo Boy, and Zapatista. Students will have the opportunity to also engage with global texts to consider how environmental injustice is perpetuated by globalization and transnational economic policies.

Min

4

Repeatable

-

Equivalent Course(s)

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