Provides a comparative survey and overview of Iñuit Storytelling across the circumpolar North. It will explore both traditional and contemporary art forms of storytelling from Arctic countries. Stories will be researched, transcribed, and translated from Iñupiaq into English and then retold to the class or to entities such as NSBSD classrooms. Course content consists of interviewing Elders, reading and discussion of books from IHLC Elders conferences, books from Russia, Canada, Greenland, and Lapland. Internet may also be used in research.
Prerequisite or Corequisite
ENGL 111.
Semester Offered
Spring