Seminar: Writing and the Specificity of Place
Program: DINÉ
Subject Area: English Language Arts
Grade Level: High school
Year of Publication: 2020
Abstract
Kooh-seda. Here I sit. In an attempt to put the grand ideas and concepts for the far-reaching narrative writing unit being created, the notion keeps expanding, along with my awareness of the connectedness of it all.
Storytelling is such a personal thing, especially in the form of personal narratives. The delicate intricacies of putting the words of our experiences into written form seem to solidify their truthfulness, with the outside inkling that to do so will somehow make them more real and permanent. Many cultures around the world use storytelling as a form of preservation of the ancient ways of living, being, and bringing the distant past into current awareness.
These stories have morals, ethics, and well delivered points. These stories have survived across time, being woven in and out and around the very acts of living where they sit when they are told, shared, engrained into the souls of those listening.