AIS 451 A: Critical Conversations in American Indian Studies

THINKING IMPOSSIBLY WITH INDIGENOUS ORAL AND GRAPHIC LITERATURES. TALKING ANIMALS, SHAPE-SHIFTING BEINGS, AND UNTHINKABLE POLITICAL TRANSFORMATIONS. STORIES OF 'THE IMPOSSIBLE' ARE FOUNDATIONAL TO INDIGENOUS LITERATURES. THIS COURSE EXPLORES THE PROFOUND WAYS TRADITIONAL INDIGENOUS MYTHS AND CONTEMPORARY LITERATURES CHALLENGE CONVENTIONAL NOTIONS OF REALITY AND OFFER ALTERNATIVE VISIONS OF MEANINGFUL EXISTENCE.