THE MYTH OF THE AMERICAN ADAM UNDER THREA T: THE REVITALIZED MYTH OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN in Sherman Alexie's CAPTIVITY

Abstract

1960'lardan itibaren postmodern edebiyat olarak adlandırılan Çağdaş Amerikan Edebiyatı, çok kültürlü Amerikan toplumunun da bir sonucu olmakla beraber kadınlar, zenciler, Kızılderililer gibi uzun zaman önemsenmemiş topluluk­lara, kimlik sorunları yüzünden yaşamakta oldukları kaos duygusunu yansıtma olanağı vermektedir. Bu makale, Sherman Alexie adlı bir Kızılderili yazara ait Esaret adlı kısa hikayeyi incelemekte, ayrıca bir yazarın kişiliğinin ne kadar çok toplumsal ve psikolojik bir çıkmaz içinde olursa, kurmaca metinlerin de o kadar deneysel olacağını gösterebilmek için Alexie'nin postmodern kurmaca strateji­lerinden nasıl yararlandığını açımlamaya çalışmaktadır.

Keywords

• Postmodernizm/ Amerikan Edebiyatı/ Çağdaş Kızılderili Edebiyatı/ İnceleme

THE MYTH OF THE AMERICAN ADAM UNDER THREA T: THE REVITALIZED MYTH OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN in Sherman Alexie's CAPTIVITY

Abstract

Contemporary American Literature- commonly referred to as postmodern literature since the 1960s- is an outcome of the multicultural nature of the American society. It gives long-ignored groups such as women, African Americans and American Indians the opportunity to reflect the sense of chaos they have been experiencing due to their identity problem. This article analyzes a short story titled Captivity by an American Indian, Sherman Alexie, and by presenting how the writer makes use of postmodern strategies in his fiction, it demonstrates that the more the self of the writer is in chaos the more experimental fiction becomes.

Keywords

• Postmodernism, Native American Literature, Analysis

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