REST 365 - Symbolic Healing in Native American Lit

3 Hour(s)

The worlds of Native American spirituality and mythology will be explored through writings of Native American writers with particular focus on narrative structures of healing, role of mythic imagination and transactional symbols. Students will examine how Native writers use ceremony and trickster traditions to address historical and cultural trauma and heal relationships between mind, body, spirit, community and natural environment as part of Native American concepts of health and wellness.

General Education Requirements: Humanities; Global Awareness/Intercultural Knowledge and Engagement; Writing Intensive
Cross-Listed with ENGL 365