Course Texts and Schedule of Readings and Assignments
William Apess, A Son of the Forest and Other Writings
James Seaver, A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison
Charles Eastman, Indian Boyhood
John G. Neihardt, Black Elk Speaks
Maria Campbell, Halfbreed
N. Scott Momaday, The Names
N. Scott Momaday, The Way to Rainy Mountain
Critical Readings available through Blackboard and on reserve in
the Pfau Library
Monday 3/27: Introduction to Course
Wednesday 3/31: Cesar Chavez Holiday, No Class
Monday 4/5: Apess, 1-26; Mary Louise Pratt, "Arts of the Contact Zone"
Wednesday 4/7: Apess, 26-56; Randall Moon, "William Apess and Writing White"
Monday 4/12: Seaver, Preface and 49-100
Wednesday 4/14: Seaver, 101-60; Susan Walsh, "'With Them Was My Home': Native American Autobiography and A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison"
Monday 4/19: Eastman, 1-83
Wednesday 4/21: Eastman, 87-160; David Carlson, "'Indian for a While': Charles Eastman's Indian Boyhood and the Discourse of Allotment"
Monday 4/26: Eastman, 163-247
Wednesday: 4/28 Neihardt, 1-79
Monday 5/3: Neihardt, 80-144; Short Essay Due in Class
Wednesday 5/5: Neihardt, 145-210; Carl Silvio, "Black Elk Speaks and Literary Disciplinarity"
Monday 5/10: Campbell, 1-53
Wednesday 5/12: Campbell, 54-108
Monday 5/17: Campbell, 109-157; Julie Cairnie, "Writing and Telling Hybridity"
Wednesday 5/19: Momaday, The Names, 1-57
Monday 5/24: Momaday, The Names, 59-115
Wednesday 5/26: Momaday, The Names, 117-167; Chadwick Allen, "Blood and Memory"
Monday 5/31: Memorial Day, No Class
Wednesday 6/2: Momaday, Rainy Mountain, 3-42; H. David Brumble, "N. Scott Momaday: Oral to Written Tradition"
Monday 6/7: Momaday, Rainy Mountain, 44-89; Seminar Paper Due in Class
Final Examination TBA