Research Article

MULTIVOCALITY, STORYTELLING AND THE DISRUPTIVE VOICE OF FEMININITY IN LESLIE MARMON SILKO’S CEREMONY

Volume: 4 Number: 1 June 30, 2021
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MULTIVOCALITY, STORYTELLING AND THE DISRUPTIVE VOICE OF FEMININITY IN LESLIE MARMON SILKO’S CEREMONY

Abstract

Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony is a Native American novel about the psychological disorder of Tayo and his ceremony for recovery through native stories and tribal ways. In the manner of magical realism, Silko incorporates native stories into the novel and presents Native American culture and stories as vital factors in the dissemination and ‘de-centralization’ of the ruling white culture. Though the main character of the novel is male, female figures, both human and mythical, play a crucial role in this dissemination because they lie at the heart of Indian American Laguna culture and stories. Spinning stories, as in Western culture, is presented as a female act and the female mythical figures in the stories play a central role in Tayo’s ceremony. Relying on Bakhtin’s idea of dialogism and the disseminating role of another’s word in authoritative discourses, this paper aims to study how the Indian American Laguna culture disseminates and decentralizes the white authoritative discourse with its stories and how another’s word emerges as feminine voice in the novel.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

North American Language, Literature and Culture

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

June 30, 2021

Submission Date

April 10, 2021

Acceptance Date

June 8, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 4 Number: 1

APA
Karadaş, F. (2021). MULTIVOCALITY, STORYTELLING AND THE DISRUPTIVE VOICE OF FEMININITY IN LESLIE MARMON SILKO’S CEREMONY. Uluslararası Dil Edebiyat Ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi, 4(1), 116-124. https://doi.org/10.37999/udekad.912704
AMA
1.Karadaş F. MULTIVOCALITY, STORYTELLING AND THE DISRUPTIVE VOICE OF FEMININITY IN LESLIE MARMON SILKO’S CEREMONY. Uluslararası Dil Edebiyat ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2021;4(1):116-124. doi:10.37999/udekad.912704
Chicago
Karadaş, Fırat. 2021. “MULTIVOCALITY, STORYTELLING AND THE DISRUPTIVE VOICE OF FEMININITY IN LESLIE MARMON SILKO’S CEREMONY”. Uluslararası Dil Edebiyat Ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi 4 (1): 116-24. https://doi.org/10.37999/udekad.912704.
EndNote
Karadaş F (June 1, 2021) MULTIVOCALITY, STORYTELLING AND THE DISRUPTIVE VOICE OF FEMININITY IN LESLIE MARMON SILKO’S CEREMONY. Uluslararası Dil Edebiyat ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi 4 1 116–124.
IEEE
[1]F. Karadaş, “MULTIVOCALITY, STORYTELLING AND THE DISRUPTIVE VOICE OF FEMININITY IN LESLIE MARMON SILKO’S CEREMONY”, Uluslararası Dil Edebiyat ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 116–124, June 2021, doi: 10.37999/udekad.912704.
ISNAD
Karadaş, Fırat. “MULTIVOCALITY, STORYTELLING AND THE DISRUPTIVE VOICE OF FEMININITY IN LESLIE MARMON SILKO’S CEREMONY”. Uluslararası Dil Edebiyat ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi 4/1 (June 1, 2021): 116-124. https://doi.org/10.37999/udekad.912704.
JAMA
1.Karadaş F. MULTIVOCALITY, STORYTELLING AND THE DISRUPTIVE VOICE OF FEMININITY IN LESLIE MARMON SILKO’S CEREMONY. Uluslararası Dil Edebiyat ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2021;4:116–124.
MLA
Karadaş, Fırat. “MULTIVOCALITY, STORYTELLING AND THE DISRUPTIVE VOICE OF FEMININITY IN LESLIE MARMON SILKO’S CEREMONY”. Uluslararası Dil Edebiyat Ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi, vol. 4, no. 1, June 2021, pp. 116-24, doi:10.37999/udekad.912704.
Vancouver
1.Fırat Karadaş. MULTIVOCALITY, STORYTELLING AND THE DISRUPTIVE VOICE OF FEMININITY IN LESLIE MARMON SILKO’S CEREMONY. Uluslararası Dil Edebiyat ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2021 Jun. 1;4(1):116-24. doi:10.37999/udekad.912704

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