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Contemporary Native American authors. Thomas King / [produced by] Communication Services in cooperation with the College of Arts & Sciences, Governors State University.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- King, Thomas, 1943-.
- King, Thomas.
- American literature.
- American poetry.
- Genre:
- Lectures.
- Interviews.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (118 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Thomas King
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, IL : Governors State University, 1997.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Thomas King (Cherokee/Greek) has been described as a "Native American Kurt Vonnegut" and a "darkly funny Mark Twain". He is a former photo-journalist and currently works as a university professor, scriptwriter, novelist, and author of children's books. Topics covered in theses classes include King's description of the differences between print and film media, comments on the making of this course's video, the definition of "meta-discourse", a discussion on stereotypes, a discussion on the uniquely feminist nature of Mr. King's work, and the nature of "Tricksters".
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed January 7, 2021).
- OCLC:
- 1237666322
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