Session Details

Thursday, 29 December

532. Assessing Native Criticism

3:30–4:45 p.m., Virginia Suite C, Marriott

Program arranged by the Division on American Indian Literatures

Presiding: Stephanie J. Fitzgerald, Claremont Graduate Univ.

1. “Conceptualizing American Indian Literary Theory Today,” Christopher B. Teuton, Univ. of Denver

2. “The Impossibility of a Specific Theory for American Indian Literature,” Franci Washburn, Univ. of Arizona

3. “A Relational Model for Native American Literary Criticism,” John Michael McKinn, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana; Thomas Hove, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison

4. “The Pitfalls of Tribal Specificity,” Ron R. Carpenter, Univ. of Utah

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