The Native American Renaissance: Pioneering 20th Century Writers

Osheen Sharma - Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala (H.P.)

The literature of the Native Indian writers of America did not spring from one moment forth but was rather a process of many years of rekindling from, what can be called, a period of latency. 'Renaissance' came to these people, as an opportunity for their cultural and traditional evolution, N. Scott Momaday's House Made of Dawn jolted the native writers of the late nineteenth century, however, it is certainly a partially viable statement, as there was subsequent input by Native Indian writers even before this, only largely unrecognized. The depiction of the Native Indians and their lives, by authors representing their own tribes, and extensively their community, is dignified and real as these characters display contemporary prototypes of their lived realities.The writers of the Renaissance, particularly the ones discussed in this paper, appear keen on developing a distinguished literary genre, one which adapts wholeheartedly from their own tribal traditions, and expands on their oral-literature, as well as the mythological trickster-tale. Dwelling on contemporary characters and themes, these writers aimed to achieve the standards, which were established for American writers, and
accounted for their grading among influential authors of Americas. In this study, with a historical analysis of the 20th Century literature of the Native American writers, and the structure and narrative techniques they employ, I intend to expound on the design of these endeavours and delineate their path towards a set objective; one which they did not necessarily preordain to derive at so efficiently.

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Osheen S. (2021) : The Native American Renaissance: Pioneering 20th Century Writers English Fiction Research Expression 4 : 6 (2021) 17 - 20