LITERATURE QUESTIONS
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE
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Words can be endowed with special powers
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Native American writers are inherently poetic
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American Indian writers use nature as inspiration
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Oral tradition has (over time) improved the quality of the original work
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Detailed explanation-1: -Common themes in Native American literature are worship of many gods and and a reverence for nature.
Detailed explanation-2: -What does Bruchac’s title suggest? Bruchac’s title suggests that all literature no matter whose or what it is about still matters. With this title he says that the sun still rises in the same sky which means that the sun is the same for all of us, this is also what he meant about NAtive American Literature.
Detailed explanation-3: -Though each nation has its own stories, several themes that are common across the tribes are the link between the land and the people, a hero’s journey, and the supernatural and natural worlds. American Indian stories influenced and helped shape later American literature.
Detailed explanation-4: -Native American literatures come out of a rich set of oral traditions from before European contact and/or the later adoption of European writing practices. Oral traditions include not only narrative story-telling, but also the songs, chants, and poetry used for rituals and ceremonies.