REFLECTION OF TENETS OF NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL STUDIES IN MOMADAY’S HOUSE MADE OF DAWN

  • Shahbaz Afzal Bezar1Dr. Mushtaq Ahmad2 Dr Asma Kashif Shahzad3
Keywords: Cultural Studies, New Area, Native American Cultural Studies, Native American Literature, Momaday

Abstract

The present study, introducing a body of literature on cultural studies, explores new area of Native American Cultural Studies in order to analyze Native cultures and Native American literature especially Momaday’s novel House Made of Dawn. It presents the twin extensions in cultural studies and Native American literature: giving a new area of Native American Cultural Studies to research scholars for the future and opening new horizons of knowledge in the domain of Native American literature. This study, employing research method of textual analysis, propounds how British Cultural Studies and American Cultural Studies provide resources for Native American Cultural Studies in order to open up new realms of research in Native American literature. Findings of this research are the exploration of the tenets of Native American Cultural Studies and reflection of these tenets in Momaday’s House Made of Dawn.

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Published
2020-10-25
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Shahbaz Afzal Bezar1Dr. Mushtaq Ahmad2 Dr Asma Kashif Shahzad3. (2020). REFLECTION OF TENETS OF NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL STUDIES IN MOMADAY’S HOUSE MADE OF DAWN . Epistemology, 6(1), 109-122. Retrieved from http://journal.epistemology.pk/index.php/epistemology/article/view/138