AMS 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Rainy Mountain, Intersubjectivity
19 Oct 2017
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Ams 207h - lecture 13 - the way to rainy mountain. Parents went to work for bureau of indian a airs. Pulitzer prize in ction, 1969 ( rst native american) Journey of becoming- to really understand something is sacred activity. Momaday is sharing stories he has heard from parents, grandparents with worldhis daughter. The imaginative experience- to understand things from past, we must engage imagination and creativity. Always intersubjective- all sources come together for you to have your own understanding (thing google, conversations, books, etc. ) Historical, cultural written documentary record, how cultures act, react, interact. Myths and legends about how we experience and view the world. Exemplary: proscribed behavior, how this group should behave, valued qualities/characters. Speaks of or about the group, not for the group. Appreciated the mysterious and complex ways that humans generate and communicate meaning. See xv where momaday engages catlin"s work in his personal experience (53) Trying to draw the audience as participants as well.
