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| ===== Simon J. Ortiz ===== | ===== Simon J. Ortiz ===== | ||
| - | Simon J. Ortiz is a Native American writer and poet who is also a member of the Pueblo of Acoma. Born in 1941, Simon J. Ortiz is currently 83 and is also an Emeritus Professor at Arizona State University. | + | Simon J. Ortiz is a Native American writer and poet who is also a member of the Pueblo of Acoma. Born in 1941, Simon J. Ortiz is currently 83 and is also an Emeritus Professor at Arizona State University |
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| + | Oritz himself has lived a fairly colorful life, as he details his childhood in which he and his family only spoke Keresan at home. However, when Ortiz entered middle school, he was sent to Santa Fe to attend St. Catherine' | ||
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| + | Eventually, Ortiz transferred to Albuquerque Indian School, where he learned several trades (like plumbing and mechanics). Writing, however, stayed with him, and surprisingly enough, it was Ortiz' | ||
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| + | For his education, Ortiz attended Fort Lewis College in Colorado, where he focused on chemistry. After three years in the Armed Forces, he attended the University of New Mexico, where he focused on literature and creative writing. In terms of his writing, Ortiz was inspired by fellow native authors, and much of his work is the current native circumstances juxtaposed against historical events, alongside various environmental worries, particularly those involved with land developers and uranium exploitation. | ||
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| + | According to Ortiz, storytelling and narratives are more than just styles or types of literature. As explained on the //Annenberg Learner//, Ortiz argues that "The purpose of that story sharing or storytelling is . . . conversing, and the story listeners are conversing with us. We are sharing, or participating. And it’s the storyteller participating by his telling, and the listener participating by his or her listening. So it’s an exchange. It’s a dialogue. It’s an event” (qtd. in "Simon J. Ortiz (b. 1941)" | ||
| ==== The Interconnectedness of Language in Song ==== | ==== The Interconnectedness of Language in Song ==== | ||
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| His father’s song is born out of and part of who he is in that moment. The song does not exist apart from the act of carving, the act of sitting, or the aged lines in the curve of his hands and face. Each word and action are complete unto themselves, just as they form a complete interconnected whole as part of the same reality. | His father’s song is born out of and part of who he is in that moment. The song does not exist apart from the act of carving, the act of sitting, or the aged lines in the curve of his hands and face. Each word and action are complete unto themselves, just as they form a complete interconnected whole as part of the same reality. | ||
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