Contemporary Native Fiction: Toward a Narrative Poetics of Survivance (Narrative Theory and Culture)

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.

• | Author: James J. Donahue
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Feb 25, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 186 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0367185954
• | ISBN-13: 9780367185954