Rethinking Pocahontas: Challenging The Traditional Narrative

Rethinking portrayal of native american: Pocahontas the fairytale story of pocahontas is a narrative that has captured the nation’s imagination regarding the history of native americans’. From longfellow’s hiawatha and d. h. Lawrence’s studies in classic american literature to disney’s pocahontas and james cameron’s avatar, representations of the indigenous as. This dissertation analyses five literary texts about pocahontas and some of the visual representations about the native american girl, which were produced during american.

By keeping popular culture, representation, and the nature of historical narrative in mind, we will consider the often mutually constitutive relationship between american identity and indian. From longfellow’s hiawatha and d. h. Lawrence’s studies in classic american literature to disney’s pocahontas and james cameron’s avatar, hiawatha and d. h.