AIIS 4670

AIIS 4670

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024.

In this course, we will read poems of resistance from Indigenous people in Turtle Island (North America), Palestine, and Guåhan (Guam). Our purpose will be to understand how this poetry is both a description and an act of resistance to settler colonialism and to compare the forms resistance takes in these different settler locals.

When Offered Spring.

Distribution Category (LA-AG)

Outcomes
  • Describe the meaning of "settler colonialism" and its different manifestations in the locals of the course.
  • Identify the concept of Indigeneity as a historical, geographical, and political term.
  • Differentiate the various meanings of the term "resistance" as a political term.
  • Thoroughly interpret poetry.
  • Demonstrate effective ways to write about poetry.

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2541 AIIS 4670   SEM 101

    • TR Caldwell Hall 400
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Cheyfitz, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person