Bearable with Humor, Pain in Sherman Alexie’s The Business of Fancydancing: Stories and Poems
Jassim M. Jassim Al-Refi'I
General Directorate of Education of Saladin, Ministry of Education.
Alaa Ahmed Abdullah
University of Tikrit, College of Arts, Department of Translation.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25130/jls.3.2.8
Keywords: -Sherman Alex - the Native American poetry - Black Humor - The Business of Fancy dancing - Stories and Poems
Abstract
For the time being Native Americans still doubt and question their
status amid the American nation. The consciousness of being marginal
and subjugated appears clearly in their literature. Within the rising
voices that echo widely against repression and injustice, they have had
their voice, a voice that reflects historical agony, cultural deprivation,
and political stings. Moreover, what distinguishes their voices is the
amount of mutilation and loss that turns into humor and sarcasm. This
voice ceaselessly tries to bring back a fragmented identity from ashes.
Sherman Alexie, a poet, novelist, short story writer, filmmaker,
essayist, and comedian, is one of the best to adopt the role of fighting
for his people to reclaim their status. His people and their dignified and
excruciating survival inform much of his multi-genre works and unify
his style. Frequently, the black humor technique pops up in his poems
