Joseph Coulombe

Reading Native American Literature (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In this volume, Joseph 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. März 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136839597
• Artikelnr.: 38271354

Autorenporträt

Joseph L. Coulombe is Associate Professor of English at Rowan University, USA. He is author of Mark Twain and the American West (2003) and has published articles on Mark Twain, Edith Wharton, Walt Whitman, Sherman Alexie, James Welch, and Emerson Bennett.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction - Native American Literary Outreach and the Non-Native Reader
1. Following the Tracks: History and Context of Native Writing 2. Nothing
but Words: From Confrontation to Connection in N. Scott Momaday's House
Made of Dawn 3. Revitalizing the Original Clan: Participant Readers in
Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony 4. Individualism vs. Separation: Imagining
the Self to Foster Unity via Gerald Vizenor's Bearheart 5. Writing for
Connection: Cross-Cultural Understanding in James Welch's Historical
Fiction 6. The Approximate Size of His Favorite Humor: Sherman Alexie's
Comic Connections and Disconnections in The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight
in Heaven 7. Stitching the Gap: Believing vs. Knowing in Linda Hogan's
Power Works Cited

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Introduction - Native American Literary Outreach and the Non-Native Reader 1. Following the Tracks: History and Context of Native Writing 2. Nothing but Words: From Confrontation to Connection in N. Scott Momaday's House Made of Dawn 3. Revitalizing the Original Clan: Participant Readers in Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony 4. Individualism vs. Separation: Imagining the Self to Foster Unity via Gerald Vizenor's Bearheart 5. Writing for Connection: Cross-Cultural Understanding in James Welch's Historical Fiction 6. The Approximate Size of His Favorite Humor: Sherman Alexie's Comic Connections and Disconnections in The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven 7. Stitching the Gap: Believing vs. Knowing in Linda Hogan's Power Works Cited

Rezensionen

"Coulombe speaks about his subject engagingly, refreshingly, and with joy. Every page supplies evidence of Coulombe's arguments, and a rich bibliography and deep index will serve readers well. Highly recommended."
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"Coulombe speaks about his subject engagingly, refreshingly, and with joy. Every page supplies evidence of Coulombe's arguments, and a rich bibliography and deep index will serve readers well. Highly recommended."
- CHOICE