Time, History and the Native American Genocide Seen through Catherine’s Eyes: a Stylistic Analysis

Authors

  • Elisabetta Zurru

Keywords:

Catherine Weldon, Time, History, Native American genocide, Wounded Knee Creek, Omeros, stylistic analysis

Abstract

Among the many characters of Omeros, the poem in Dantesque third-rhyme written by Derek Walcott in 1990, the character of Catherine Weldon can be encountered. Through her words, a particular conception of Time and History is presented, and the Native American genocide is recalled. In this paper, one extract from Omeros will be subjected to stylistic analysis in order to clarify this conception and its link with the massacre of the natives at Wounded Knee Creek.

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25-06-2021

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Zurru, E. (2021). Time, History and the Native American Genocide Seen through Catherine’s Eyes: a Stylistic Analysis . Philologia, 8(1), 123–132. Retrieved from https://philologia.org.rs/index.php/ph/article/view/200

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Vol. 8 No. 1 (2010)

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Nauka o književnosti/Literary Studies

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