Mother Images Represented in Native American Literature

这个项目分析了女性，尤其是母亲，是如何在美国土著文学中被表现出来的，以及美国土著传统的母系氏族或母系模式是如何被反映出来或有策略地使用的。我主要关注当代作家，如莱斯利·马蒙·西尔科，同时也关注以前的美洲原住民文学作品。我使用了女权主义批评中广泛使用的母子心理模型和母性形象，并得出结论，这些模型和形象应该被批判性地使用，并且应该被修改，以便包括多元文化的文学作品。2000年，我创建了一个关于美国土著文学的参考书目，主要关注女性、母性和母系问题，并收集了这些材料。我开始阅读和分析材料，并在6月份做了部分结果的口头报告。8月，我拜访了Susan Gubar教授和其他专家，他们讨论并审查了正在进行的项目。2001年，我继续收集和阅读材料，并开始写文章，其中一部分我在1月份的一次会议上读过。我拜访了Gubar教授和其他专家，他们审阅了我的论文手稿。我完成了这篇文章，附在小册子里，我正在提交发表。2002年2月，我对完成的项目的一部分做了另一次口头报告。

This project analyzed how women, and especially mothers, have been represented in Native American literature and how Native American traditional matriarchal or matrilineal models have been reflected or strategically used. I focused on the contemporary authors such as Leslie Marmon Silko, while paying attention to previous Native American literary works as well. I used mother-child psychological models and motherhood images that have been widely used in feminist criticism, and concluded that these models and images should be used critically and should be revised in order to include multicultural literary works.In 2000, I created a bibliography on Native American literature focusing on the women, motherhood and matriarchal issues and collected the material. I started to read and analyze the material and did the oral presentation on part of the result in June. In August I visited Professor Susan Gubar and other specialist, who discussed and reviewed the ongoing project.In 2001, I continued to collect and read the material and started to write essays, part of which I read at a conference in January. I visited Professor Gubar and other specialists, who reviewed the essay manuscript. I completed the essay, which is attached in the booklet and which I am submitting for publication. I did another oral presentation on part of the finished project in February 2002.