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The Cultural Perspective Of Albert Wendt's Novel Pouliuli, Fa'alafua L. Auva'a
The Cultural Perspective Of Albert Wendt's Novel Pouliuli, Fa'alafua L. Auva'a
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Wendt's accomplishments as an artist of Polynesia and positions he held at different universities are presented in Chapter I. This marks the significant contributions he has made in different genres in which he has written, like novels, short stories, and poetry, that make him a major influence in the Pacific.
Chapter II analyzes the theoretical framework within the fa'a-Samoa in which a matai (chief) is presented, a revered office filled by respectable individuals. To make this point clear, I present the theoretical groundwork in Appendix A of how an individual becomes a matai.
Chapter III explores how Faleasa Osovae, …