Spoken versus Written Word in Native American Literature
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| Year of publication | 2005 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | 2nd Prague Conference on Linguistics and Literary Studies: Proceedings |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Mass media, audiovision |
| Keywords | contemporary Native American literature; orality; Thomas King |
| Description | This paper looks at the ways which contemporary Native American authors use in order to incorporate the tribal system of knowledge into their writings. The author examines the selections from the works of Leslie Marmon Silko, N. Scott Momaday and Thomas King, in which they address the issue of literacy, storytelling and the power of the spoken word. |