01. SIFUENTES LOERA BRIGGITTE- Early Literature Delaware Traditional

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NORTHAMERICAN LITERATURE 2021-II
Alumna: Briggitte Sifuentes Loera
PROFESSOR: DRA. YONY CARDENAS CORNELIO
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STUDY QUESTIONS
RECALLING
1. According to Walum Olum, how were good things and evil things created?
At the beginning, there was just the earth, the great Manito and the natural
forces. In the middle of chaos, Manito gave form to earth and gave life to the
different creatures on it, animals and human beings, talked to them and gave
them roles. However, an evil Manito appeared and just turned the good creations
into bad ones. Hidden, this devil entity turned harmony into fights and all the
sadness invaded the earth and coexisted with the happiness that once the great
Manito gave.
2. List three good things and three evil things that the manitos did for
mortals.
Good things
1) He made the sun, the moon
and stars.
2) He cleared the sky.
3) He gave animals
Bad things
1) He brought bad weather.
2) He brought sickness.
3) He brought death.
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Facultad De Educación
NORTHAMERICAN LITERATURE 2021-II
Alumna: Briggitte Sifuentes Loera
PROFESSOR: DRA. YONY CARDENAS CORNELIO
INTERPRETING
3. What kind of relationship is depicted between the manitos, or spiritual
forces, and mortals?
The relationship between the manitos and mortals was a father-son relationship
because the manitos gave the mortals all the things they needed to survive, such
as food or animals. The manitos also gave the people the freedom to do what
they wanted to do , something that is really important in any kind of relationship.
4. Identify two pictographs in which there is a clear translate meaning. Then
find two abstract pictographs in which the relationship between picture
and the meaning is not obvious.
TWO PICTOGRAPHS WHICH THERE IS A CLEAR TRANSLATE MEANING
He gave the fish, he gave the turtles, he gave the beast, he gave the birds.
But very secretly an evil being, a mighty magician, came on earth.
TWO PICTOGRAPHS WHICH THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PICTURE AND
THE MEANING IS NOT OBVIOUS
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Facultad De Educación
NORTHAMERICAN LITERATURE 2021-II
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All had cheerful knowledge, all had leisure, all thought in gladness.
And with him brought badness, quarrelling, unhappiness,
Navaho Traditional
Listen!
Rain Approaches!
Truly in the east ………… (1)
The white bean…………. (2)
And the great corn plant…… (3)
Are tied with the white lightning…. (4)
Listen! rain approaches!......(5)
The voice of the bluebird is heard…. (6)
Truly in the east……… (7)
The white bean ……… (8)
And the great squash………. (9)
Are tied with the rainbow…….. (10)
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Facultad De Educación
NORTHAMERICAN LITERATURE 2021-II
Alumna: Briggitte Sifuentes Loera
PROFESSOR: DRA. YONY CARDENAS CORNELIO
Listen! rain approaches!.......(11)
The voice of the bluebird is heard…. (12)
RECALLING
1. Which lines in the first stanza are repeated in the second stanza? Which
lines are varied?
Lines repeated: 1-7/ 2-8/ 5-11/ 6-12
Lines varied: 3, 4 , 9, 10
2. What two specific elements of a rainstorm does the song mention in lines 4 and 10?
Line 4: White lightning
Line 10: Rainbow
INTERPRETING
3. What does the verb repeated in lines 4 and 10 imply about the relationship of
things in nature? In what way does the other repetition in the poem contribute to
this idea?
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It tries to let us understand that nature works as a unit, as whole, not just
individual parts.
In the poem in different lines some words are repeated but others are changed
to emphasize the idea of a unit no matter if we change ‘’corn plant’’ with
‘’squash’’ or other things from nature.
4. What stages of a storm does the variation in lines 4 and 10 represent? What
broader characteristics of nature do these lines suggest?
While line 4 depicts a rainfall in full swing, line 10 shows that the rainfall is almost over
and it is possible to catch sight of a rainbow. These two lines also refer to nature’s
unpredictability and contradiction.
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Facultad De Educación
NORTHAMERICAN LITERATURE 2021-II
Alumna: Briggitte Sifuentes Loera
PROFESSOR: DRA. YONY CARDENAS CORNELIO
EXTENDING
5. What purposes, besides bring rain, do you think someone might have for singing a
ritual song?
Music is perhaps especially useful when working with a group. Singing or chanting
together can really help get everyone together, their energy focused in the same place.
In rituals which use the same music regularly (such as the same opening chant) the
repetition makes it easier and easier to drop into a ritual mindset. Hear (and sing) the
first few words, and it’s common to feel your body and mind shifting.
Ojibwa Traditional
RECALLING
1. With what phrases is the beloved described in the first two lines? To what
does the speaker compare his singing heart in stanza 2?
➔ The beloved is described as:
➢ Flower of the forest
➢ Sky treading bird of the prairie.
➢ Wonderful fawn-eyed one.
➔ The speaker compares his singing heart to a branch that dances to the rhythm
of the wind
2. According to stanza 3, what happens in nature when the beloved frowns?
When the beloved smiles?
According to stanza 3, when the beloved frowns its heart grows dark and a shining river
the shadows of clouds darken. When the beloved smiles, comes the sun and makes to
look like gold. Grace Villegas
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS
Facultad De Educación
NORTHAMERICAN LITERATURE 2021-II
Alumna: Briggitte Sifuentes Loera
PROFESSOR: DRA. YONY CARDENAS CORNELIO
INTERPRETING
3. What is the one general thing that speaker and the beloved are compared
to throughout the poem? What seems to be its importance in the life of the
Ojibwa?
In general, it is compared to nature's connection with their natural environment. The
important thing in the life of the Ojibwa is that their lives or traditions connect them
with their environment that surrounds them, in other words nature.
4. Which images of the beloved do you find most moving or expressive, and
why?
“Sky treading bird of the prairie” and “Blood of my beating heart”. The first one
mentions a majestic flying animal who lives in a landscape; this is very
expressive due to the fact it involves two main elements of nature. The second
one is very moving; it conceives the beloved as the motor of his life since without
blood there won’t be any beat in his heart.
EXTENDING
5. Remember that this song is a translation from an Indian language. How is
it English- language love poems that you have read? In what ways, if any, is
it different?
By and large, English - language love poems encompass the author's love interest
in a certain vein either describing particular features of the poetry subject or
using nature elements to represent places and situations that reflect the
intentions of the poet when referring to his love, a case in point is the poem of
Annabel Lee from Edgar Allan Poe. All the same, the poem Calling One's own
depicts in a graphic manner what the author feels when he comes into contact
with his muse using visual symbolisms from the natural world. For instance,
symbolisms such as the comparison between the red streams of my veins run
toward you, that highlights the fact that the poet's blood runs through a
temporary path and towards her muse whenever she is around, which under
any other circumstances would not occur.
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS
Facultad De Educación
NORTHAMERICAN LITERATURE 2021-II
Alumna: Briggitte Sifuentes Loera
PROFESSOR: DRA. YONY CARDENAS CORNELIO