Date:         Wed, 22 Jun 94 23:11:30 EDT
From: Robert Withers <RSWBC-AT-CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Film Theory/Jargon
To: film-theory-AT-world.std.com


On Wed, 22 Jun 1994 19:30:29 -0500 (CDT) Patrick B Bjork said:
>On Wed, 22 Jun 1994, Pablo Bellon wrote:
>> And what does all this mean to a mixed-blood working in a reservation
>> community where academic theoretical explorations are considered a waste
>> of time and paper?
>> Pablo L. Bellon
>
>In the literature or film classroom it may mean a great deal. One of the
>major "schools" of literary theory is called myth or archetypal criticism.
>I  find  it especially useful when working with the novel _Ceremony_
>wherein Western and Native American  myths intersect. But I have a
>suggestion: Why don't we take this discussion over to Native-L where
>readers and critics more familiar with Native American literature may
>contribute?

      Patrick, Pablo, let's not remove these confrontations/contradictions
from the theory list which may need them very much.  How about doppleganger
postings?  What's the native-l translation, or conversion if translation
unavailable?                                            Robert