Through lectures, readings, seminar workshops and research, students will examine Métis writing for political and poetic themes such as identity, sovereignty, government relations, Indigenous rhetoric, identity, and worldview. The course will draw upon examples of historic and contemporary writing from speeches, essays, poetry, biography, novels, correspondence, songs, plays, and writing in public spaces. Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hoursPrerequisite(s): INDG 107.3 and 3 additional credit units from ANTH, ARCH, ECON, ENG, GEOG, INDG, LING, NS, POLS, PSY, SOC, or WGST Note: Students with credit for NS 298 Métis Political and Poetic Writing or NS 215 may not take this course for credit. This course was labeled NS 215 until 2015.
Through lectures, readings, seminar workshops and research, students will examine Métis writing for political and poetic themes such as identity, sovereignty, government relations, Indigenous rhetoric, identity, and worldview. The course will draw upon examples of historic and contemporary writing from speeches, essays, poetry, biography, novels, correspondence, songs, plays, and writing in public spaces. Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hoursPrerequisite(s): INDG 107.3 and 3 additional credit units from ANTH, ARCH, ECON, ENG, GEOG, INDG, LING, NS, POLS, PSY, SOC, or WGST Note: Students with credit for NS 298 Métis Political and Poetic Writing or NS 215 may not take this course for credit. This course was labeled NS 215 until 2015.
