| Course Title: Topics in Creative Writing: 'Beyond the Hero's Journey: On Indigenous Forms and Reimaginings' |
| Start Date: 09/04/2024 End Date: 12/17/2024 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2024 |
| Description: In this class, we will read, discuss, and write into narrative shapes outside Freytag's Pyramid or the Western "hero's journey" with a particular emphasis on the works of Indigenous, historically marginalized, and queer writers. We will look to the traditions, modalities, political movements and artifacts of the natural world that continue to influence contemporary, decolonial, and cross-genre storytelling. Sample authors include: Elissa Washuta, No'u Revilla, Layli Long Soldier, Xavier Navarro Aquino, Kristiana Kahaukawila, Tommy Orange, and others. Throughout the semester, writers will be encouraged to interrogate the objects, animals, climates, and structural systems that inform their own lives. All genres welcome! |
| Distribution(s): NO - Meets No Distrib. Rqmt , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , SI - Speaking-Intensive , WI - Writing-Intensive , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| T Kira Madden | tmadden@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/04/2024 - 12/17/2024 | Seminar | Monday | 01:30PM - 04:20PM | CLAP - Clapp Laboratory | 203 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: ENGL-201 or equivalent. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| ENGL0003 | ENGL-TM: Theory and Methods | This course has been approved to count towards the English major's Theory and Methods |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 16 | Enrollment: 16 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: The Man Who Could Move Clouds: A Memoir Author: Rojas Contraras, Ingrid Copyright: 2022 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 0385546661 Publisher: Doubleday |
Required | 12.69 |
| Title: Ask the Brindled: Poems Author: Revilla, No'u Copyright: 2022 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 1639550003 Publisher: Milkweed Editions |
Required | 13.69 |
| Title: There There Author: Orange, Tommy Copyright: 2018 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 0525436146 Publisher: Knopf |
Required | 8.99 |
| Title: Shapes of Native Nonfiction: Collected Essays by Contemporary Writers Author: Washuta, Elissa Copyright: 2019 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 0295745754 Publisher: University of Washington Press |
Required | 19.76 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |