The Functions of Family Stories in Louise Erdrich's Novel “The Plague of Doves”

Authors

  • Nilufar Mukhammedova The Uzbek State University of World Languages, Uzbekistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51699/pjcle.v3i8.788

Keywords:

family, story, identity, Native American, culture, history, trauma, narrative therapy, family systems

Abstract

The article deals with the analysis of the stories employed in the novel “The Plague of Doves” written by a modern American writer Louise Erdrich. The use of stories in this novel presents the protagonists’ identity and their family histories. Characters in the novel tell their family stories to demonstrate their identity and themselves. The ideas of family systems theory and narrative therapy are the methods used in exploring the functions of character stories in the novel.

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Published

2023-08-12

How to Cite

Mukhammedova, N. . (2023). The Functions of Family Stories in Louise Erdrich’s Novel “The Plague of Doves”. Pindus Journal of Culture, Literature, and ELT, 3(8), 22–27. https://doi.org/10.51699/pjcle.v3i8.788

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 8 (2023): AUGUST

Section

Articles