The Functions of Family Stories in Louise Erdrich's Novel “The Plague of Doves”
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The article deals with the analysis of the stories employed in the novel “The Plague of Doves” written by a modern American writer Louise Erdrich. The use of stories in this novel presents the protagonists’ identity and their family histories. Characters in the novel tell their family stories to demonstrate their identity and themselves. The ideas of family systems theory and narrative therapy are the methods used in exploring the functions of character stories in the novel.
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family, story, identity, Native American, culture, history, trauma, narrative therapy, family systems