Ecology, Return, Transgression: Realism in Louise Erdrich’s The Round House

Abstract

In The Round House, Louise Erdrich applies double narrative structure and enriches it with traditional native American mythological elements. From an ecological perspective, while focusing on the transgressing plots of Joe and his parents respectively, readers can find many realistic features in the writing strategy of the novel, which has empowered the text with political quest as well as with the objective consideration of Louise Erdrich on the reconstruction of Native American cultural identity in the multiple modern cultural context.

Keywords

The Round House / Louise Erdrich / ecology / transgression

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