That's raven talk: holophrastic readings of contemporary indigenous literatures

"The first comprehensive study of North American Indigenous languages as the basis of textualized orality in Indigenous literatures in English. Drawing on a significant Indigenous language structure -- the holophrase (one-word sentence) -- Neuhaus proposes "holophrastic reading" as a...

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1. Verfasser: Neuhaus, Mareike 1978- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Regina CPRC Press 2011
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Zusammenfassung:"The first comprehensive study of North American Indigenous languages as the basis of textualized orality in Indigenous literatures in English. Drawing on a significant Indigenous language structure -- the holophrase (one-word sentence) -- Neuhaus proposes "holophrastic reading" as a culturally specific reading strategy for orality in Indigenous writing. In readings of works by Ishmael Alunik (Inuvialuit), Alootook Ipellie (Inuit), Richard Van Camp (Dogrib), Thomas King (Cherokee), and Louise Bernice Halfe (Cree), she demonstrates that (para)holophrases -- the various transformations of holophrases into English-language discourse -- textualize orality in Indigenous literatures by grounding it in Indigenous linguistic traditions. Neuhaus's discussion points to the paraholophrase, the functional equivalent of the holophrase, as a central discourse device in Indigenous writing and as a figure of speech in its own right. Building on interdisciplinary research, this groundbreaking study not only links oral strategies in Indigenous writing to Indigenous rhetorical sovereignty, but also points to ancestral language influences and Indigenous rhetoric more generally as areas for future research"--Cover
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-294) and index
Theorizing textualized orality in indigenous literatures -- Writing the oral tradition : Ishmael Alunik's Call me Ishmael -- Exorcising guti : Alootook Ipellie's Arctic dreams and nightmares -- "Busy looking for Juliet Hope" : Richard Van Camp's The lesser blessed -- "All this water imagery must mean something" : Thomas King's Green grass, running water -- "Cree-ing loud into my night" : Louise Berince Halfe's Blue marrow -- Contemporary indigenous literatures, textualized orality, and rhetorical sovereignty -- The narrative function of holophrases in indigenous languages
Beschreibung:viii, 307 S. 23 cm
ISBN:9780889772335

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