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ERIC Number: EJ328600
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Indians in Indian Fiction: The Shadow of the Trickster.
Velie, Alan R.
American Indian Quarterly, v8 n4 p315-29 Fall 1984
Studies mythic dimension of protagonists in novels by American Indian authors Scott Momaday and James Welch. Illustrates discrepancies between White readers' beliefs about Indians and Indian myths of the trickster and how mythologies affect interpretation of the novels. Contrasts use of myth by Indian authors Leslie Silko and Gerald Vizenor. (LFL)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Literature, American Indians, Cultural Differences, Cultural Images, Fiction, Literary Criticism, Mythology, Novels, Stereotypes, Symbols (Literary)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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