American Indian Dramaturgy: Situating Native Presence on the American Stage
Theses
Author/Creator
Paul Roland Rathbun
Description
Theatre & Drama Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wisconsin, 1996.
Looks at one way to cross the cultural boundary in Aboriginal literature by examining the purpose of author Maria Campbell, in Halfbreed, Beatrice Culleton, in In Search of April Raintree, and Lee Maracle, in I Am Woman.
Discussion on the effects of colonization, the solutions to a path of healing and the changes required to alter the future.
Discussion of two plays, The Rez Sisters and Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing, which expose the problems, challenges and injustices that Aboriginal people face.
Discussion on reviving traditional storytelling techniques, in new forms, and challenging the Canadian literary tradition.
English Thesis (M.A.)--The University of New Brunswick, 1996.