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Aug 24, 2024
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ENGL 321 - American Indian Literature Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Diversity American Indian myth, legend, and folklore, as well as nineteenth-, twentieth-, and twenty-first century literature by American Indians.
Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division Area C requirements. Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 with grade C- (CR) or better. Equivalent Quarter Course: ENGL 3660. Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, or Entirely Online, or Hybrid. Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice). Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-C - Upper Division Arts or Humanities, Overlay - Diversity Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to: - analyze commonalities as well as differences among American Indians from different time periods and tribal backgrounds as conveyed through literature;
- interpret how literature represents the diversity of American Indians and narrates how they resist social and cultural appropriation, reclaim their cultural traditions, and contribute to social justice;
- use close reading and informal writing to discuss and analyze literature with others;
- demonstrate improved skills for formal thesis-driven writing about literature and an appreciation of the writing process;
- interpret how literature represents the different ways American Indians resist social and cultural limitations and contribute to social justice;
- use close reading and informal writing to discuss and analyze literature with others;
- demonstrate improved skills for formal thesis-driven writing about literature and an appreciation of the writing process.
UD-C. Upper-division Arts or Humanities Learning Outcomes - demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply the principles, methodologies, value systems, and thought processes employed in the arts and humanities;
- analyze cultural production as an expression of, or reflection upon, what it means to be human; and
- demonstrate how the perspectives of the arts and humanities are used by informed, engaged, and reflective citizens to benefit local and global communities.
Diversity Overlay Learning Outcomes - describe the histories and/or experiences of one or more U. S. cultural groups and the resilience and agency of group members;
- identify structures of oppression and the diverse efforts and strategies used by groups to combat the effects of oppressive structures;
- analyze the intersection of the categories of race and gender as they affect cultural group members’ lived realities and/or as they are embodied in personal and collective identities;
- recognize the way that multiple differences (including, for example, gender, class, sexuality, religion, disability, immigration status, gender expression, color/phenotype, racial mixture, linguistic expression, and/or age) within cultural groups complicate individual and group identities.
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