Authored Animals: Creature Tropes in Native American Fiction

Animals are used as tropes in a variety of ways in native American fiction by N. Scott Momaday, Leslie Silko, Louise Erdrich, Louis Owens and Gordon Henry, Jr. The use of animals in fiction is a warranted anthropomorphic representation that creates a sense of animal presence. The creatures portrayed...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Social research 1995-10, Vol.62 (3), p.661-683
1. Verfasser:	VIZENOR, GERALD
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	20th century American fiction American Indian people American Indians American literature Animals Anthropomorphism Cognitive problems, arts and sciences, folk traditions, folklore Consciousness Dogs Domestic animals Ethnology Fiction Humans Hunting Individualism Lakoff, George Literary criticism Literary tropes Literature Literature and folk literature London, Jack (1876-1916) Metaphors Narratives Native American authors Native American writers Native North Americans Nature Novels Oral/folk literature Owens, Louis Portrayal Portrayals Rhetorical figures Shepard, Paul Similes Social research Wild animals Writers
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Zusammenfassung:	Animals are used as tropes in a variety of ways in native American fiction by N. Scott Momaday, Leslie Silko, Louise Erdrich, Louis Owens and Gordon Henry, Jr. The use of animals in fiction is a warranted anthropomorphic representation that creates a sense of animal presence. The creatures portrayed in native American fiction are rarely literal representations, but function more metaphorically. Works discussed include 'The Ancient Child' and 'House Made of Dawn' by Momaday, 'Ceremony' by Silko, 'Tracks' by Erdrich, 'Bone Game' and 'The Sharpest Sight' by Owens and 'The Light People' by Henry.
ISSN:	0037-783X 1944-768X