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Peer reviewedSands, Kathleen M. – American Indian Quarterly, 1979
Focusing on the natural world, the use of myth and ritual in the novel, and the formal design of the work, symposium papers present and analyze crucial themes and forms in Leslie Marmon Silko's "Ceremony," a novel distinctively Indian in narrative technique, thematic content, and structure. (CM)
Descriptors: American Indian Literature, American Indians, Literary Criticism, Literary Devices
Peer reviewedSands, Kathleen M., Ed.; Ruoff, A. Lavonne, Ed. – American Indian Quarterly, 1979
Seminar participants discuss the novel "Ceremony" as a curing ceremony, the function of memory in the novel, and the distinctly American Indian aspects of the novel (role of animals, circular images, ritual, mythology, Laguna cultural traditions, and use of oral tradition). (CM)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Literature, American Indians, Cultural Background
Download full textBronckart, Jean-Paul, Ed. – Bulletin suisse de linguistique appliquee, 1995
This collection of articles on the nature of discourse and writing instruction include: "Une demarche de psychologie de discours; quelques aspects introductifs" ("An Application of Discourse Psychology; Introductory Thoughts") (Jean-Paul Bronckart); "Les procedes de prise en charge enonciative dans trois genres de texts expositifs" ("The Processes…
Descriptors: Dialogs (Language), Discourse Analysis, Elementary Education, Essays
