The Sterility of Their Art.
A literary criticism of Leslie Marmon Silko's 1977 novel "Ceremony" is presented. Topics covered include an examination on how the protagonist, Tayo, provides a nuanced challenge to the traditional male cowboy hero, how the novel exposes realities of the Western's constructions of gendered definitio...
| Published in: | Western American Literature Vol. 49; no. 3; pp. 267 - 293 |
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| Format: | Literary Criticism |
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Western Literature Association
Fall2014
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| Summary: | A literary criticism of Leslie Marmon Silko's 1977 novel "Ceremony" is presented. Topics covered include an examination on how the protagonist, Tayo, provides a nuanced challenge to the traditional male cowboy hero, how the novel exposes realities of the Western's constructions of gendered definitions of heroism and nationalism, and the utilization by the novel of iconic definitions of masculinity and heroism to healing ritual. |
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