厄德里克小说里的千面人物研究 英文PDF电子书下载

Introduction 1

Ⅰ.Louise Erdrich and the North Dakota Quartet 1

Ⅱ.Literature Review 5

Ⅲ.Focus of Research 11

Chapter One An Overview of the Trickster 15

Ⅰ.A Critical Overview of the Trickster 15

Ⅱ.A Literary Overview of the Trickster 21

Ⅲ.Tricksters in Erdrich's Quartet 32

Chapter Two Tricksters as Storytellers 43

Ⅰ.The Oral Tradition in Native American Literature 43

Ⅱ.The Oral Tradition in Erdrich's Works 46

Ⅲ.Storytelling as a Means of Survival 67

Chapter Three Tricksters as Tradition Bearers 73

Ⅰ.Tricksters and Native American Myths 73

Ⅱ.Tricksters and the Native American Humor 84

Ⅲ.Tricksters and the Chippewa Matrilineal Tradition 101

Chapter Four Tricksters as Cultural Survivors 123

Ⅰ.Erdrich and Cultural Hybridity 123

Ⅱ.The Trickster as New Mixed Blood 126

Ⅲ.Mixed Bloods and the Cultural Survival 146

Conclusion 162

Bibliography 167