ENGL 4470

Students demonstrate depth of knowledge and critical understanding of writing by Indigenous peoples in various parts of the world, especially those of Canada and the United States, through close critical reading and writing. Through exploration of how Indigenous writers approach issues of marginalization, oppression, representation, and both personal and communal identity; adapt oral strategies to writing; and employ various techniques to challenge and subvert colonial assumptions and privileges about genre, gender, class, race, and relationships with the land, students show an awareness of past and present knowledge, an advanced ability to critically and creatively reflect on and articulate the complexities of various cultural perspectives and rhetorical strategies, and a mastery of independent research and the creation of new knowledge. Students illustrate proficiency in scholarly writing with clear, persuasive, grammatically-correct style and appropriate documentation skills.