00000nam a2200000 i 4500 UP-1686042739785068669 Buklod 20240719150613.0 m |o j cr |nu|||auu|a 240715s2020 nju o j eng| 9781118591178 (eISBN) 21337065 DLC eng DMLR rda eng DMLUC PS 121 C66 2020eb A companion to American literature edited by Susan Belasco. Hoboken, New Jersey Wiley-Blackwell 2020. 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "The test of time," an abundant literature, geographical expansiveness, artistry, and, more recently, inclusiveness represented by a complex awareness of gender and cultural diversity. These are key criteria used to determine entry into American literary canons and American literary histories. Scholars who specialize in indigenous oral literatures would doubtless claim that this literature fulfills all the criteria and thus deserves a major place in canon and history. For these readers, I could proceed directly to the main business of this chapter: an overview of how Native oral narratives, song, and ceremony have and will continue to challenge in constructive ways EuroAmerican concepts of authorship, context, genre, geographic and period designation, the functions of literature, and the importance of understanding how literature is experienced. But most American literature teachers and students have little knowledge of the magnitude and importance of the oral literatures. For these readers, it is appropriate to begin by establishing how this form of literature fulfills conventional expectations for inclusion in a twenty-first century literary history-and specifically inclusion as the grand opening entry to the narrative of our literature"-- Provided by publisher. Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. American literature History and criticism. Belasco, Susan 1950- editor. Gaul, Theresa Strouth editor. Johnson, Linck editor. Soto, Michael editor. Available for UP System via Wiley Online Library https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119056157 FO UPD DMLR PS 121 C66 2020EB Electronic Resource