Captured in the middle

Description:

"Sidner Larson's Captured in the Middle embodies the very nature of Indian storytelling, which is circular, drawing upon the personal experiences of the narrator at every turn. Larson teaches about contemporary American Indian literature by describing his own experiences as a child on the Fort Belknap Reservation in Montana and as a professor at the University of Oregon.". "Larson describes Indians today as post-apocalyptic peoples who have already lived through the worst imaginable suffering. By confronting the issues of fear, suppression, and lost identity through literature, Indians may finally move forward to imagine and create for themselves a better future, serving as models for the similarly fractured cultures found throughout the world today."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: American literature,  Experience in literature,  Group identity in literature,  History and criticism,  Indian authors,  Indians in literature,  Indians of North America,  Intellectual life,  Theory,  Indiens d'Amerique,  Literatur,  Indiens,  American,  LITERARY CRITICISM,  Histoire et critique,  Indiens d'Amerique dans la litterature,  Auteurs indiens d'Amerique,  Dans la litterature,  Vie intellectuelle,  Identite collective dans la litterature,  Experience dans la litterature,  Identite collective,  Geschichte 1900-2000,  General,  Schriftsteller,  Litterature americaine,  Theorie,  Auteurs indiens,  American literature, indian authors,  American literature, history and criticism, 20th century

Times: 20th century