ENGL 105W Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: American Literature, Dramatic Monologue
4 Mar 2016
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Eng 105 lecture 7 pauline johnson. A new woman who forged a solo career: pauline challenges patriarchy, she challenges: Women"s right to share in the power structure: the lodge of the lawmakers . Women as athletes: canoeing in the song my paddle sings in the shadows . Women"s voice for justice: cry from an indian wife . Women"s control of their narrative & their bodies: ojistoh . Women as peace-makers dawendine the two sisters . Assertion of native rights & values through a female perspective: a strong race opinion , a red girl"s reasoning , as it was in the beginning . Shadow river about a strong woman canoeist, women often aren"t seen & portrayed as strong nature animated throughout the poem. Ojistosh: a powerful dramatic monologue very assertive of who she is: i am ojistoh repeated several times & what is means. Assertion of native rights & values through a female perspective.
