Gerald Vizenor

Other theorists, including Karl Kroeber, Billy J. Stratton, and Anna Branach-Kallus, have analyzed Vizenor’s own literary and theoretical writings within the frame of survivance. In this essay you will be joining that conversation—with a focus on Vizenor’s Blue Ravens: Historical Novel.There are many ways of approaching Blue Ravens, as you have found in your Discussion Boards and our Zoom classes. They include but are not limited to:-    Historical dimensions-    War Stories-    Ekphrasis-    Formal Literary Elements-    Cosmopolitanism and / or Creolization•    Choose an approach from the list above or use another focal point of your own—but please be clear in your introduction about what your analytical focus is going to be in the essay and maintain that focus throughout your analysis.•    Keep Vizenor’s concept of survivance in mind throughout your analysis and make relevant, specific references to “Aesthetics of Survivance” (beyond that now oft-quoted sentence on page 11).•    Integrate relevant points about Blue Ravens from the articles by Stratton and / or Branach-Kallas. •    Include other secondary sources if you wish. •    Optional: Include points made by your peers in the Discussion Boards and cite the source on Works Cited.•    Use (all or part of) the title of this assignment in your own original colon-ized title. The other part of your title should hint at your original approach. For example, your title might be:-    The Artist as Theorist: [your focal point goes here] in Gerald Vizenor’s Blue Ravens  –    The Theorist as Artist: [your focal point goes here] in Gerald Vizenor’s Blue Ravens-    [your focal point goes here]: The Theorist as Artist in Gerald Vizenor’s Blue Ravens