Native American Literature

美国文学：Background：1942 Christopher Columbus reached North American；Their major beliefs。

Native American Literature

• Background
  • 1942 Christopher Columbus reached North American
    • Cutural differences
• Their major beliefs
  • Sacred earth
  • Cycle of life
  • Spirtual values of the natural world
  • Common ownership of land
• Literature characteristics
  • Oral literature
• Their oral traditions
  • Creation myth& origin stories
  • Trickster tales
  • Historical narratives
• Classification
  • Traditional Literature
    • oral literature
    • functional
    • introduction books
  • Transitional Literature
    • translations
    • memoirs
  • Modern Literature