美国文学史通论课件.pptVIP

I. American Indian Voices (1) I. American Indian Languages over 2000 primitive tribes and languages (such as Navaho, Iroquois, Mohican, Delaware, Zuni, Ojibwa, etc.) about 500 existent languages, of which about 300 kinds existent only oral form, no written form the holiness of voice: the sacredness of oral language II. The major features of American Indian Literature 1. the dominating oral form – experience literature by listening, etc. 2. closely connected with their life and living – nature, tribal affairs… 3. a kind of “mass literature” assuming diverse tribal-social funct