Explores themes such as use of oral tradition, humour, dreams and visions, nature, and family.
Excerpt from the book, A Literary History of the American West..
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 4, no. 1-2, 1980, pp. 165-177
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Discusses the attributes and attitudes that make this literature unique and argues that because of this it requires a different approach to literary criticism. Focuses on works by N. Scott Momaday and Leslie Silko.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 11, no. 1, Winter, 1987, p. [?]
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Discusses how Ortiz uses the harmonious relationship between the Acoma Pueblo people and their rural environment in his literary works.
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