Duvall, John N. "Troping History: Modernist Residue in Fredric Jameson's Pastiche and Linda Hutcheon's Parody." Style 33.3 (1999): 372. Literary Reference Center. Duvall's argument furthers the ideas made by Linda Hutcheon in The Poetics of Postmodernism. He furthers her ideas of how any one narrator can only provide a finite perspective consisting of a partial truth. By combining these narrations, as Erdrich does in The Plague of Doves, Duvall believes readers can finally understand the full truth of a particular history.
Erdrich, Louise. "Louise Erdrich." Louise Erdrich. Odyssey Editions. Web. 16 Mar. 2011. <http://www.odysseyeditions.com/EBooks/Louise-Erdrich>. Odyssey Editions provides a online biography of Louise Erdrich, explaining her ancestry, education, and published works. This site gave some insight into Erdrich's inspiration for her writing. Having both European-American and Native American ancestry, as well as having parents who taught at the Bureau of Indian Affairs, gives Erdrich a mixed perspective with respect to the conflicts and struggles involving European-Americans and Native Americans.
Erdrich, Louise. The Plague of Doves. New York, NY: HarperCollins, 2008. Print. Louise Erdrich's novel is the centerpiece for all of my research. This entire website is focused around understanding and interpreting the plot, characters, and symbolism of this novel. On many occasions, I quote this novel to support my argument because the fictional characters described and analyzed on this website only exist within the confines the The Plague of Doves.
Franzen, Jonathan. The Independent. 6 June 2008. Web. 16 Mar. 2011. <http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/louise-erdrich-secrets-in-the-indian-file-841027.html>. Like in The Paris Review, I used The Independent to understand Erdrich's motivation for writing The Plague of Doves. The article discusses real life events, some stemming from her childhood, that served as inspiration for the plot in The Plague of Doves. Like Evelina, Erdrich mentions how she grew up listening to many stories and how these stories have influenced, if not defined, her view on Native American culture and society.
Hutcheon, Linda. The Poetics of Postmodernism. New York: Routledge, 1988. I used Linda Hutcheon's definition of historiographic metafiction to show how Louise Erdrich's use of multiple perspectives through having numerous narrators defines The Plague of Doves as a postmodern novel. Hutcheon describes the concept of partial truths and how multiple perspectives are necessary allow for a holistic understanding of the full truth.
"Louise Erdrich, The Art of Fiction, No. 208." Interview by Lisa Halliday. The Paris Review. Web. 16 Mar. 2011. <http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6055/the-art-of-fiction-no-208-louise-erdrich>. In Paris Review, I found an interview with Louise Erdrich which discusses The Plague of Doves. I found this to be very useful when comparing how Erdrich based one of her main characters, Evelina Harp, after herself. I have a direct quote from this interview on my Evelina Harp page.
Mai, Jens-Erik. A Postmodern Theory of Knowledge Organization. University of Toronto. Copenhagen: Royal School of Library and Information Science, 1999. Print. Jens-Erik Mai's paper adds to the arguments of Hutcheon and Duvall by analyzing the concepts of knowledge acquisition, objectivity, and truth. By including his argument, I further my point about how Louise Erdrich's multiple perspectives are crucial in allowing the reader to understand her fictional town's history objectively rather than subjectively.
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Erdrich, Louise. "Louise Erdrich." Louise Erdrich. Odyssey Editions. Web. 16 Mar. 2011. <http://www.odysseyeditions.com/EBooks/Louise-Erdrich>. Odyssey Editions provides a online biography of Louise Erdrich, explaining her ancestry, education, and published works. This site gave some insight into Erdrich's inspiration for her writing. Having both European-American and Native American ancestry, as well as having parents who taught at the Bureau of Indian Affairs, gives Erdrich a mixed perspective with respect to the conflicts and struggles involving European-Americans and Native Americans.
Erdrich, Louise. The Plague of Doves. New York, NY: HarperCollins, 2008. Print. Louise Erdrich's novel is the centerpiece for all of my research. This entire website is focused around understanding and interpreting the plot, characters, and symbolism of this novel. On many occasions, I quote this novel to support my argument because the fictional characters described and analyzed on this website only exist within the confines the The Plague of Doves.
Franzen, Jonathan. The Independent. 6 June 2008. Web. 16 Mar. 2011. <http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/louise-erdrich-secrets-in-the-indian-file-841027.html>. Like in The Paris Review, I used The Independent to understand Erdrich's motivation for writing The Plague of Doves. The article discusses real life events, some stemming from her childhood, that served as inspiration for the plot in The Plague of Doves. Like Evelina, Erdrich mentions how she grew up listening to many stories and how these stories have influenced, if not defined, her view on Native American culture and society.
Hutcheon, Linda. The Poetics of Postmodernism. New York: Routledge, 1988. I used Linda Hutcheon's definition of historiographic metafiction to show how Louise Erdrich's use of multiple perspectives through having numerous narrators defines The Plague of Doves as a postmodern novel. Hutcheon describes the concept of partial truths and how multiple perspectives are necessary allow for a holistic understanding of the full truth.
"Louise Erdrich, The Art of Fiction, No. 208." Interview by Lisa Halliday. The Paris Review. Web. 16 Mar. 2011. <http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6055/the-art-of-fiction-no-208-louise-erdrich>. In Paris Review, I found an interview with Louise Erdrich which discusses The Plague of Doves. I found this to be very useful when comparing how Erdrich based one of her main characters, Evelina Harp, after herself. I have a direct quote from this interview on my Evelina Harp page.
Mai, Jens-Erik. A Postmodern Theory of Knowledge Organization. University of Toronto. Copenhagen: Royal School of Library and Information Science, 1999. Print. Jens-Erik Mai's paper adds to the arguments of Hutcheon and Duvall by analyzing the concepts of knowledge acquisition, objectivity, and truth. By including his argument, I further my point about how Louise Erdrich's multiple perspectives are crucial in allowing the reader to understand her fictional town's history objectively rather than subjectively.
http://static.funnyjunk.com/pictures/perspective_chair_optical_illusion.jpg (Image found at top of all pages)
