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ERIC Number: EJ226180
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1980
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New Interpretations of Native American Literature: A Survival Technique.
Buller, Galen
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, v4 n1-2 p165-77 1980
Uses examples from the work of several Native American authors, including N. Scott Momaday and Leslie Silko, to discuss five unique elements in American Indian literature: reverence for words, dependence on a sense of place, sense of ritual, affirmation of the need for community, and a significantly different world view. (SB)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Literature, American Indians, Language Skills, Literary Criticism, Literary Devices, Twentieth Century Literature, Writing (Composition)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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