ENG 2130 Ethnic American Literature
- Professor: Dr. Vaness Evans
- Meeting time: T/Th from 9:30 am -10:45 am (section 101); T/Th from 11:00 am - 12:15 pm (section 102
- Modality: Face-to-face
From Realism to Futurism with the Indigenous Short Story.
This course considers how the short story is mobilized by Indigenous writers as part of a storytelling practice that has taken place for millennia on the lands we currently call the United States and Canada. Specifically, ENG 2130 considers how Indigenous short stories articulate and interrogate themes of identity, authenticity, community, and land, amidst historical and contemporary contexts and challenges. Together we will trace two dominant streams of the Indigenous short story: realism and futurism. While the former is often infused with myth, language, and the oral tradition, the latter blends science fiction, fantasy, and horror to imagine otherwise worlds. Both streams emphasize Indigenous continuance as they critique settler-colonial structures and theorize alternative possibilities for human and non-human kin.
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ENG 2130 Ethnic American Literature