Reading Native American literature / Joseph L. Coulombe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coulombe, Joseph L., 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--Indian authors--History and criticism.

American literature.

American literature--Indian authors.

Indians of North America--Intellectual life.

Indians of North America.

Indians in literature.

Physical Description:

ix, 188 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011.

Summary:

Native American literature explores divides between public and private cultures, ethnicities and experience. In this volume, Joseph L. Coulombe argues that Native American writers use diverse narrative strategies to engage with readers and are "writing for connection" with both Native and non-Native audiences.

Beginning with a historical overview of Native American literature, this book presents focused readings of key texts including:

N. Scoft Momaday's House Made of Dawn

Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony

Gerald Vizenor's Bearheart: The Heirship Chronicles

James Welch's Fool's Crow and The Heartsong of Charging Elk

Sherman Alexie's The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

Linda Hogan's Power.

Suggesting new ways towards a sensitive engagement with Native texts and tribal cultures, this book provides not only a comprehensive introduction to Native American literature but also a pragmatic critical framework through which it may be read. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction. Native American literary outreach and the non-native reader

Following the tracks: history and context of native writing

Nothing but words: from confrontation to connection in N. Scott Momaday's House made of dawn

Revitalizing the original clan: participant readers in Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony

Individualism vs. separation: imagining the self to foster unity via Gerald Vizenor's Bearheart

Writing for connection: cross-cultural understanding in James Welch's historical fiction

The approximate size of his favorite humor: Sherman Alexie's comic connections and disconnections in The lone ranger and Tonto fistfight in heaven

Stitching the gap: believing vs. knowing in Linda Hogan's Power.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415579421

0415579422

9780415579438

0415579430

9780203832905

0203832906

OCLC:

641535882