Trickster Figure in the Contemporary Native American Literature: A Reading of Sherman Alexie’s The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
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| contents | Trickster Figure in the Contemporary Native American Literature: A Reading of Sherman Alexie’s The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven Aashima Rana Lengua y Literatura Coyote Stories Culture Trickster Community The trickster figures portray cleverness, knowledge, power, and also become the ancestral figure for the Native Americans by keeping the community connected through the medium of songs, myths and folktales. A trickster’s role is to transgress the rules of the society by turning them upside down and protects its people from the danger to be-fall. Wherein the same trickster figure also departs his elder traditional knowledge to his community to keep them connected to their roots. Therefore, performing the role of both a trickster and an ancestor for the community. This paper revolves around a thorough understanding as well as analysis of Sherman Alexie’s works, his collection of short stories and the film. Alexie’s attempt to revisit the past and preserve the tradition for the future generation. 2018 artículo científico 2455-6580 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=703876866049 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=7038 The Creative Launcher application/pdf Perception Publishing The Creative Launcher (India) Num.6 Vol.2 |
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| spellingShingle | Trickster Figure in the Contemporary Native American Literature: A Reading of Sherman Alexie’s The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven Aashima Rana Lengua y Literatura Coyote Stories Culture Trickster Community Trickster Figure in the Contemporary Native American Literature: A Reading of Sherman Alexie’s The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven Aashima Rana Lengua y Literatura Coyote Stories Culture Trickster Community The trickster figures portray cleverness, knowledge, power, and also become the ancestral figure for the Native Americans by keeping the community connected through the medium of songs, myths and folktales. A trickster’s role is to transgress the rules of the society by turning them upside down and protects its people from the danger to be-fall. Wherein the same trickster figure also departs his elder traditional knowledge to his community to keep them connected to their roots. Therefore, performing the role of both a trickster and an ancestor for the community. This paper revolves around a thorough understanding as well as analysis of Sherman Alexie’s works, his collection of short stories and the film. Alexie’s attempt to revisit the past and preserve the tradition for the future generation. 2018 artículo científico 2455-6580 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=703876866049 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=7038 The Creative Launcher application/pdf Perception Publishing The Creative Launcher (India) Num.6 Vol.2 |
| title | Trickster Figure in the Contemporary Native American Literature: A Reading of Sherman Alexie’s The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven |
| topic | Lengua y Literatura Coyote Stories Culture Trickster Community |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=703876866049 |