Spring 2025

ENGLISH 154 001 - LEC 001

Native American Literature and Culture

Beth Piatote

Jan 21, 2025 - May 09, 2025

Tu, Th

11:00 am - 12:29 pm

Morgan 101

Class #:33139

Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through English

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 2

Enrolled: 128

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 130

Waitlist Max: 20

No Reserved Seats

1 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week, 3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 8 hours of outside work hours per week., 9 hours of outside work hours per week, 0 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week, and 3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week.

Final Exam

THU, MAY 15TH

08:00 am - 11:00 am

Cory 277

Other classes by Beth Piatote

ENGLISH 90 005 005SEM

Course Catalog Description

This survey course introduces several prominent genres of Native American literary production, including oral traditions, nonfiction essay, novel, short story, poems, and speculative fiction. Selections are drawn primarily from Native American/Aboriginal writers in the United States and Canada from the nineteenth century to present. Readings will also include a traditional Nez Perce story in the original language, with translation provided by the instructor. In addition to aesthetic and literary analysis, particular attention will be given to the social, cultural, and political contexts in which these works were produced.

Class Description

This survey course introduces several prominent genres of Native American literary production, including oral traditions, nonfiction essay, novel, short story, poems, and speculative fiction. Selections are drawn primarily from Native American/Indigenous writers in the United States and Canada from the nineteenth century to present. Readings will also include a traditional Nez Perce story in the original language, with translation provided by the instructor. In addition to aesthetic and literary analysis, particular attention will be given to the social, cultural, and political contexts in which these works were produced

Class Notes

This class satisfies the Literatures in English Major Requirement

https://english.berkeley.edu/major-requirements

Selected Readings on bCourses

Dimaline, Cherie. The Marrow Thieves. Dancing Cat Books, 2017

Erdrich, Louise. Love Medicine. 1984. Newly Revised Edition (PS) HarperPerennial, 2016

McNickle, D’Arcy. The Surrounded. 1934. University of New Mexico Press, 1978

Silko, Leslie Marmon. Ceremony. 1977. Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 2006

Zitkala-Sa. American Indian Stories, Legends, and Other Writings. Ed. Cathy Davidson and Ada Norris. Penguin, 2003 show less