The Multiple Narrative Traditions in Native American Literature
Journal Title: International Journal of English and Literature (IJEL) - Year 2019, Vol 9, Issue 3
Abstract
Native American literature rooted in the Native soil gave birth to authentic Native American experiences further comprising of travel accounts, protest literature, autobiographies, sermons, and tribal histories that help in a better communication of Native American experiences in the midst of dislocation, suppression, death, false treaties, alcoholism, and rejection by the mainstream American society. As a means of perpetuation of the different nuances of oral narratives, contemporary Native American writers have employed different narrative techniques to bring the oral experience alive, to make their work meaningful and relevant among the Native American community and larger. The ability of narrative to verbalize and situate experience as text provides a resource for the display of self and identity. This paper explores the varied narrative strategies that Native American writers have employed in their text. It studies how these diverse narrative structures and styles have been shaped and influenced by the distinguishing features of Native American identity.
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Lalrinchhani Lalrinchhani
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