Introduction to Indigenous Literature and Storytelling - ENGL 1039

This course will examine a broad range of written and oral forms of storytelling by First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples, with a focus on Canadian writers, stories, and history. Beginning with the historical contexts of storying Indigenous lives and moving through to current time, students will engage with a variety of Indigenous cultural productions including novels, short fiction, poems, plays, orature, spoken word, podcasts, films, and critical theory. Issues of racialization and colonialism, trauma and shame, authenticity, relationship to the land, diaspora, and love and sexuality will be examined, always with an eye to the ways in which storytelling has been used as a means to share, support, and produce cultural and community resilience.

Note: Restricted to Arts and Sciences Diploma, Indigenous Studies, Therapeutic Recreation and Open Studies.


This course is delivered in a classroom setting with face-to-face instruction at regularly scheduled times.
Term Duration Schedule Class Section Open Studies

Edmonton
Winter Jan. 5 - Apr. 17, 2026 Wed: 09:30 am - 12:30 pm
 11033 A01 No

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