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Reflections of Oral Traditions in Contemporary Native Writing: Ruby Slipperjack’s Honour The Sun
From: Aboriginal Canada Revisited
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The purpose of this paper is to introduce the reader to the world of oral traditions in a contemporary Native literary text, using Honour the Sun by Ruby Slipperjack as an example. As a result of the post-contact era, the novel encompasses both traditional elements of the author’s Anishinabe background and, obviously, features of a written work. Acting as a reminder of the past, of ones culture and identity, the novel is rich in references to oral traditions. We can trace both explicit and implicit references, and we can distinguish structural, thematic, and topological categories of oral traditions.