Storyteller (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Leslie Marmon Silko
- First Published: 1981
- Type of Work: Folklore, memoir, poetry, and short stories
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction, Autobiography, Memoir, Short fiction, Poetry, Folklore, Biography
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Culture, History, Family or family life, Tradition, Mythology or myths, Racism, Nature, Literature, Native Americans or American Indians, Storytelling, Gods or goddesses, Photography or photographers, Lifestyles, Oral history, Rites or ceremonies, Letters, Peru or Peruvians
Form and Content
Although it includes materials from many different literary genres—poetry, short story, myth, memoir, and biography—Storyteller viewed in its entirety is essentially an autobiography, a portrait, as its title makes explicit, of the artist as a young storyteller. In addition to the literary materials, interspersed throughout are photographs of Leslie Marmon Silko and her family and of various scenes in and around her childhood home, Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico. What unifies these diverse materials is the pervasive focus on Silko’s development as an...
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