Narrative Chance: Postmodern Discourse on Native American Indian Literatures
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Narrative Chance: Postmodern Discourse on Native American Indian Literatures is a critical work by Gerald Vizenor that examines Native American literature through the lens of postmodern theory, emphasizing narrative play, survivance, and the subversion of dominant colonial discourses.
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Target entity: Narrative Chance: Postmodern Discourse on Native American Indian Literatures Context triple: [Gerald Vizenor, notableWork, Narrative Chance: Postmodern Discourse on Native American Indian Literatures]
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The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative
The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative is a series of interconnected essays by Thomas King that explores Indigenous storytelling traditions and critiques colonial narratives through personal reflection and humor.
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B.
Spider Woman’s Granddaughters: Traditional Tales and Contemporary Writing by Native American Women
Spider Woman’s Granddaughters: Traditional Tales and Contemporary Writing by Native American Women is an influential anthology edited by Paula Gunn Allen that brings together traditional stories and modern literary works by Native American women, highlighting their voices, cultural perspectives, and storytelling traditions.
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C.
Louise Erdrich’s North Dakota cycle
Louise Erdrich’s North Dakota cycle is a series of interlinked novels set primarily on and around Ojibwe reservations in North Dakota, exploring interconnected Native American families across generations.
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D.
The Trickster: A Study in American Indian Mythology
The Trickster: A Study in American Indian Mythology is a seminal anthropological work analyzing the figure of the trickster in Native American mythologies and its psychological and cultural significance.
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E.
The Road of Life and Death: A Ritual Drama of the American Indians
The Road of Life and Death: A Ritual Drama of the American Indians is an anthropological study and interpretation of Native American ritual and mythology by ethnologist Paul Radin.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Target entity: Narrative Chance: Postmodern Discourse on Native American Indian Literatures Target entity description: Narrative Chance: Postmodern Discourse on Native American Indian Literatures is a critical work by Gerald Vizenor that examines Native American literature through the lens of postmodern theory, emphasizing narrative play, survivance, and the subversion of dominant colonial discourses.
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A.
The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative
The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative is a series of interconnected essays by Thomas King that explores Indigenous storytelling traditions and critiques colonial narratives through personal reflection and humor.
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B.
Spider Woman’s Granddaughters: Traditional Tales and Contemporary Writing by Native American Women
Spider Woman’s Granddaughters: Traditional Tales and Contemporary Writing by Native American Women is an influential anthology edited by Paula Gunn Allen that brings together traditional stories and modern literary works by Native American women, highlighting their voices, cultural perspectives, and storytelling traditions.
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C.
Louise Erdrich’s North Dakota cycle
Louise Erdrich’s North Dakota cycle is a series of interlinked novels set primarily on and around Ojibwe reservations in North Dakota, exploring interconnected Native American families across generations.
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D.
The Trickster: A Study in American Indian Mythology
The Trickster: A Study in American Indian Mythology is a seminal anthropological work analyzing the figure of the trickster in Native American mythologies and its psychological and cultural significance.
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E.
The Road of Life and Death: A Ritual Drama of the American Indians
The Road of Life and Death: A Ritual Drama of the American Indians is an anthropological study and interpretation of Native American ritual and mythology by ethnologist Paul Radin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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critical work ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
Native American studies
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cultural studies ⓘ literary studies ⓘ |
| addresses |
hybridity in Native American writing
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issues of representation of Native peoples ⓘ tensions between oral tradition and written text ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
highlight Native agency in storytelling
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reframe Native American texts beyond victimry ⓘ |
| author | Gerald Vizenor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| context |
development of Native American literary criticism
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late 20th-century literary theory ⓘ |
| contribution |
articulates the concept of survivance in literary criticism
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challenges essentialist views of Native American identity ⓘ links Native American narrative strategies to postmodern play ⓘ |
| critiques |
colonial representations of Native Americans
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ethnographic authority ⓘ realist expectations of Native American texts ⓘ |
| emphasizesConcept |
narrative chance
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survivance ⓘ trickster discourse ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
narrative play in Native American literatures
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postmodern discourse in Native American writing ⓘ subversion of dominant colonial narratives ⓘ |
| genre |
Native American literary criticism
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literary criticism ⓘ |
| hasKeyTerm |
narrative chance
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postindian ⓘ survivance ⓘ trickster ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
researchers in postcolonial studies
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scholars of Native American literature ⓘ students of literary theory ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Native American literature
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colonial discourse ⓘ narrative theory ⓘ postmodern theory ⓘ survivance ⓘ |
| proposes |
reading Native American texts as sites of resistance
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understanding Native narratives as active performances ⓘ |
| relatedWorkOfAuthor | Gerald Vizenor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theoreticalApproach |
deconstruction
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postmodernism ⓘ poststructuralism ⓘ |
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