Resistance, fatherhood, and remembrance as reflected in Ortiz, Plato and Rancour's selected poems

Abstract EN

Remembrance of old cultural traditions, as well as of resistance to the colonialist oppression, have powerful affiliation with post-colonialism.

For their importance, they are enriched in Native American poetry.

Fathers frequently serve as the facilitators of transmission of the ideals of remembrance of the Native heritage and resistance against the white cultural assimilation to their children.

The aim of this paper is to highlight the value of these topics in raising awareness among people about Native American poetry.

The paper scrutinizes three selected poems written by Native American poets.

More specifically such poems asSimon J.

Ortiz's “My Father's Song, ” Ann Plato's “The Natives of America, ” and Suzanne Rancourt's “Whose Mouth Do I Speak With” are discussed in this paper.

The poems were analysed and compared to each other in terms of inclusion of the ideas of resistance and remembrance.

The theme of fatherhood is directly present in all the three poems.

One poem only contains the trace of the topics of remembrance and resistance, whereas another poem describes the theme of remembrance more directly, and, finally, the last poem concretely involves the issues related to the remembrance of Native American culture and the resistance of these people to oppression.