Contemporary native fiction : toward a narrative poetics of survivance / James J. Donahue.

Author/Creator:

Donahue, James J., 1974- author.

Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Series:

Narrative theory and culture

Format/Description:

Book
viii, 177 pages ; 24 cm.

Subjects:

American fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism.
American fiction -- Indian authors -- History and criticism.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Race in literature.
American fiction.
American fiction -- Indian authors.

Form/Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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.

Contents:

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?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780367185954
0367185954
9780429197093
9780429589263
9780429591204
9780429587320

OCLC:

1078970402

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