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Literature in English, North America, Ethnic and Cultural Minority
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Department of English: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
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Life In Two Worlds: Autobiography Tradition In Native Women Writers' Literature, Ekaterina Kupidonova
Life In Two Worlds: Autobiography Tradition In Native Women Writers' Literature, Ekaterina Kupidonova
Department of English: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
My thesis project is a four-section paper exploring the topic of belonging and assimilation in the works of four indigenous women writers. Each section focuses on the autobiographical elements in the pieces of fiction or non-fiction of each author.
The first two sections are dedicated to the writers of the first half of the twentieth century—Zitkala-Ša (born Getrude Simmons; Dakota) and Pauline Johnson (Canadian Mohawk). Both were among the first female Native writers to appear visibly on the literary scene and to voice the problematic issues of living in “two worlds”—white and traditional Native American. The analyzed texts for the …