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dc.contributor.advisorParks, Justin
dc.contributor.authorSvineng, Frid-Oline Tellefsen
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-06T08:03:05Z
dc.date.available2019-09-06T08:03:05Z
dc.date.issued2019-05-14
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines encounters between Native Americans and whites in James Welch’s historical novels Fools Crow and The Heartsong of Charging Elk. I wish to show that the encounters are forced and happen against the background of imperialism and colonialism, and occur between peoples of unequal powers. In the novels, traditional Native American culture is profoundly affected by the encroaching whites, who believe they have a God-given right to colonize and settle Indian land. The novels illuminate that the peoples involved in the encounters have incompatible worldviews and values. The Blackfeet in Fools Crow view nature as sacred and as common property, while the whites favour private property, and think nature is there for them to exploit. These irreconcilable views cause clashes between the peoples, and eventually lead to a devastating massacre. Fools Crow shows that the Blackfeet fear dislocation and assimilation. In The Heartsong of Charging Elk, the Lakotas are dislocated and about to be assimilated into white culture. The protagonist, Charging Elk, leaves America with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show, and in France, he learns that the French look upon him as a savage belonging to a vanishing people. Charging Elk is assimilated into French culture, but The Heartsong of Charging Elk shows that he is able to keep his Lakota identity. In spite of all the hardships Fools Crow and Charging Elk experience, both novels indicate hope for the future.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/16105
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUiT Norges arktiske universiteten_US
dc.publisherUiT The Arctic University of Norwayen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2019 The Author(s)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)en_US
dc.subject.courseIDENG-3992
dc.subjectJames Welchen_US
dc.subjectFools Crowen_US
dc.subjectThe Heartsong of Charging Elken_US
dc.subjectEncountersen_US
dc.subjectNative Americansen_US
dc.subjectWhitesen_US
dc.subjectImperialismen_US
dc.subjectColonialismen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000::Literary disciplines: 040::English literature: 043en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Litteraturvitenskapelige fag: 040::Engelsk litteratur: 043en_US
dc.titleEncounters between Native Americans and Whites in James Welch's Historical Novels Fools Crow and The Heartsong of Charging Elken_US
dc.typeMaster thesisen_US
dc.typeMastergradsoppgaveen_US


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