MAIN CHARACTERISTICS AND THEMES OF NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE
Keywords:
oral tradition, indigenous people, folktales, myths, storytellers, spiritual, beliefs.Abstract
The main purpose of writing this article is giving information about main characteristics and themes about Native American Literature. In addition, the famous writers of this period and their works, the main idea of the works are discussed in this article.
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