LITERATURE QUESTIONS
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE
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Native American literature is no less valid than Western literature
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This sort of story is superior to work that began its life as written text
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Western literature is flawed
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All literature has come from a foreign source of some kind
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -There are five main elements that can be found in American Indian Poems: the hero initiation, trickster characters, symbolic landmarks, mythology, and the practice of oral tradition.
Detailed explanation-3: -John Rollin Ridge (Cherokee) wrote the first Native American novel in English, The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta (1854).
Detailed explanation-4: -Common themes in Native American literature are worship of many gods and and a reverence for nature. Native American literary forms: migration of peoples, tales of great leaders, fairy tales, lyrics, chants, children’s songs, healing songs and dream visions.