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?
Summary
"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"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
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