Readings: Leslie Marmon Silko’s Yellow Woman and Language and Literature from a Pueblo Indian Perspective

What does it mean to speak of “the canon” today? Leslie Marmon Silko’s short story Yellow Woman, rooted in Pueblo storytelling traditions, opens questions about how multiple cultural voices shape our understanding of literature, identity, and education. Alongside the story, Silko’s essay Language and Literature from a Pueblo Indian Perspective invites us to consider how language itself carries cultural meaning and how literature both preserves and reshapes communal identity.
 
This seminar will ask what it means for teachers to navigate a “canon” that is both enduring and pluralistic. Teachers joining us for our free online Saturday seminar will meet from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. ET in a small, interactive class led by St. John’s faculty. The seminar will conclude with discussion about incorporating diverse texts into the classroom.