DYNAMICS AMONG CHILDREN OF THE MORNING STARS: ON MONIQUE MOJICA'S “BIRDWOMAN AND THE SUFFRAGETTES: A STORY OF SACAJAWEA,”

• Main Authors: Yi-jou Lo, 羅宜柔
• Other Authors: Pen-shui Liao
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/88734637895137266740

博士 === 國立高雄師範大學 === 英語學系 === 95 === This dissertation aims to excogitate the dynamic vision in three plays presented in 1990s by three Native American female playwrights with reference to affiliated social and cultural study. Monique Mojica’s “Birdwoman and the Suffragettes: A Story of Sacajawea,” Annette Arkeketa’s “Ghost Dance,” and Diane Glancy’s “The Lesser Wars” are the very selected works. This dissertation will be divided into five chapters. Chapter One is a brief introduction in which I present the framework of this dissertation and basic ideas on Native American writing with the reference to the definition of the word, “dynamics.” In Chapter Two, I probe and scrutinize Monique Mojica’s “Birdwoman and the Suffragettes” based on dynamics as the keynote. How different genres in Mojica’s “Birdwoman and the Suffragettes” exert influence on the reading and how the ideology of Manifest Destiny lays stress on the play are the focal points for discussion. In Chapter Three, Mihesuah’s four stages of Indian life will be employed in the study of Annette Arkeketa’s “Ghost Dance” with the reference to Wovoka’s Ghost Dance and the ghost images in the play. Chapter Four puts emphasis on the trickster and tricksterism in Diane Glancy’s “The Lesser Wars.” How, especially, the trickSTAR, Tecoyo presents the white men’s history (Columbus’ as the main focus) and how Tecoyo transcends the experience and conflicts through her body are the main issues to discuss in this chapter. The last chapter gives a brief conclusion with the expectation of more research and studies on Native plays.