Contemporary Native American Autobiography: N. Scott Momaday's "The Way to Rainy Mountain.".

Wong, Hertha D.

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ERIC Number: EJ398217

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Publication Date: 1988

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Contemporary Native American Autobiography: N. Scott Momaday's "The Way to Rainy Mountain."

Wong, Hertha D.

American Indian Culture and Research Journal, v12 n3 p15-31 1988

Explores aspects of "The Way to Rainy Mountain," through which Momaday incorporates Native American oral narrative modes into Euro-American written autobiography, and blends mythical, historical, and personal narratives of the Kiowa migration and Momaday's own journey from Montana to Oklahoma. Contains 36 references. (SV)

Descriptors: American Indian History, American Indian Literature, American Indians, Autobiographies, Cultural Influences, Literary Criticism, Narration, Novels

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Language: English

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