English 308

After completing English 308, you should be able to

1. analyze a broad spectrum of literature by Native Canadian writers.
2. critically read a wide range of Native Canadian works so that personal responses to the material are supported by an objective analysis of the text and the embedded social and critical values that lead to such responses.
3. consider works by writers for whom English may be their first language but not their mother tongue.
4. examine the cultural aesthetics surrounding the tradition of oral storytelling and its connection to contemporary Native literature.
5. appreciate the breadth of diversity among Aboriginal Canadians, as reflected in Native literature.
6. identify important genres in Native literature and provide appropriate examples of each.
7. examine the use of non-Western literary forms and structures in a Native storytelling event.