RELST-243 Indigenous Oral Traditions

This course examines various elements of indigenous oral traditions, including oral literatures, such as creation stories, narratives, oratory, and song. We will study the indigenous modes of performance, such as tone and pitch, gestures, silence, back-channeling, turn-taking, taking of floor, and traditional openings and closings. We will also examine intercultural communication in order to analyze communicative norms, including conversational norms, metaphors, puns, and humor.

Maximum Enrollment

Writing-Intensive (18)

(Writing Intensive.)

Credits

1

Offered

Fall