ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The 1970s saw important fiction by James Welch (Blackfeet and A-aninin), Leslie Marmon Silko (Laguna), and Gerald Vizenor (Chippewa), and poetry by Joy Harjo (Muscogee), Simon J. Ortiz (Acoma), and Wendy Rose (Hopi/Miwok). Many authors have done significant work in both genres, such as Joseph Bruchac (Abenaki).

Detailed explanation-2: -The first Native American writer to be published in English was Samson Occom (Mohegan, 1723-92). Although raised as a typical Mohegan boy, at 16 he began to study English, was converted to Christianity, became a schoolmaster to Indians and then served as a missionary among New England Indians.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Early National Period (1775–1828) Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, and Charles Brockden Brown are credited with creating distinctly American fiction, while Edgar Allan Poeand William Cullen Bryant began writing poetry that was markedly different from that of the English tradition.

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.