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.
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid or Online-Asynchronous.
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.