Seminar: Native American Short Stories - Vertiefungsmodul - Details

Seminar: Native American Short Stories - Vertiefungsmodul - Details

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Course name Seminar: Native American Short Stories - Vertiefungsmodul
Course number ANG.04630.02
Semester SoSe 2025
Current number of participants 27
maximum number of participants 30
Home institute Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik
Courses type Seminar in category Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
Next date Tuesday, 15.04.2025 14:00 - 16:00, Room: Seminarraum 3 [AKStr.35] (Angl.)

Module assignments

Comment/Description

Native American writers have used the short story as a literary form to explore, challenge, and redefine Indigenous identity and American history. This course will examine Native American short fiction from the early 20th century to the present and trace its evolution alongside significant historical, political, and cultural shifts in Indigenous life and experience. We will discuss key theoretical concepts, such as Gerald Vizenor’s notion of survivance, the trickster figure (Paul Radin, Vizenor), decolonial thought (Linda Tuhiwai Smith), and Indigenous futurism (Grace Dillon). We will chart the development with the help of Native American short stories from a diverse group of Indigenous authors, including early works by Darcy McNickle, mid-century stories by N. Scott Momaday, and contemporary short fiction by Sherman Alexie, Louise Erdrich, Tommy Orange, Waubgeshig Rice, and Erika T. Wurth. Our course will explore themes of survivance, trickster strategies, urban Native identity, Indigenous horror, and speculative fiction. It will also feature Dr. Sarah Hernandez (Univ. of New Mexico) as a guest speaker (online) who will introduce us to Lakota literature and culture.

This course is "staatsexamensrelevant."

Required Texts:
Course materials will be provided on the ILIAS platform.

Admission settings

The course is part of admission "Beschränkte Teilnehmendenanzahl: Native American Short Stories - Vertiefungsmodul".
The following rules apply for the admission:
  • The enrolment is possible from 11.03.2025, 00:00 to 14.04.2025, 23:59.
  • A defined number of seats will be assigned to these courses.
    The seats will be assigned in order of enrolment.