Writing the Oral Tradition
Leslie Marmon Silko's Storyteller
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4461297 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan L Rockwell (Arizona State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 195-206 |
| Publication date | 1994-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnic studies review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1555-1881 • E-ISSN: 2576-2915 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/ees.1994.17.2.195 |
| OpenAlex | W2732604062 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Scholars of oral traditions hold differing views regarding the viability of transcribing the oral to the written. This paper demonstrates that Leslie Marmon Silko is transcribing, and thus preserving, oral culture of the Native American in her book Storyteller. Through a close reading of the poem “Aunt Susie had certain phrases,” Silko's attempts to convert the oral to the printed word without losing the nuances and vitality of the spoken word are analyzed. The analysis reveals that the required elements of a traditional oral performance (i.e., opening and closing narrative frames, verbal asides, repetition, emphasis on ritual and traditions) are successfully converted by Silko to the written word through the use of contemporary poetic conventions
Art · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Oral poetry · Oral tradition · Poetry · Reading (process · Repetition (rhetorical device · Theology · Vitality · Asian American and Pacific Histories · History · Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis · Philosophy · Race, History, and American Society
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2007 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |