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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817793403321

Autore

Donahue James J. <1974->

Titolo

Contemporary native fiction : toward a narrative poetics of survivance / / James J. Donahue

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2019

ISBN

0-429-58926-3

0-429-59120-9

0-429-19709-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (187 pages)

Collana

Narrative theory and culture

Disciplina

813.609897073

Soggetti

American fiction - 21st century - History and criticism

American fiction - Indian authors - History and criticism

Narration (Rhetoric)

Race in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: notes toward a narrative poetics of survivance -- Focalizing survivance; racializing narratology -- Gendered survivance and intersectional narratology -- Rhetorical narrative and racially charged disclosure -- Naturalizing unnatural Native narrative -- Coda: Where do we go from here?

Sommario/riassunto

"Contemporary Native Fiction: Toward a Narrative Poetics of Survivance analyzes paradigmatic works of contemporary Native American/First Nations literary fiction using the tools of narrative theory. Each chapter is read through the lens of a narrative theory - structuralist narratology, feminist narratology, rhetorical narratology, and unnatural narratology - in order to demonstrate how the formal structure of these narratives engage the political issues raised in the text. Additionally, each chapter shows how the inclusion of Native American/First Nations-authored narratives productively advance the theoretical work project of those narrative theories. This book offers a broad survey of possible means by which narrative theory and critical race theories can productively work together and is key reading for students and researchers working in this area"--