1. INDIGENOUS DOOM: COLONIAL MIMICRY IN FAULKNER'S INDIAN TALES.
- Author
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Johnson, Bruce G.
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COLONIES in literature , *NATIVE Americans in literature , *AMERICAN literature , *LITERARY criticism , *IMITATION in literature , *PERSONAL property , *COLONIZATION , *YOKNAPATAWPHA County (Imaginary place) , *ANTEBELLUM Period (U.S.) , *FICTION ,SOCIAL aspects - Abstract
The article focuses on the depiction of colonization by both European settlers and Native Americans in the work of William Faulkner. The Indian co-optation of the culture of ownership endorsed by the European colonizers in the "Wilderness" stories is considered. The author provides a reading of the story "Lo!," using Homi K. Bhabha's theory of mimicry. A brief thematic overview of "Lo!," is provided. The impact of ownership of European possessions on Faulkner's Indians is considered. Faulkner's "A Justice," and "A Courtship," are also discussed.
- Published
- 2002