The impact of landscape on the emotional shift in Tayo’s Character: A Study of memory and displacement in Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony

This paper examines the decolonizing methods used by Leslie Marmon Silko in her novel Ceremony (1977) to heal indigenous people from patriarchal traditions of white hegemony. study aims emphasize vulnerable responses Pueblo memories clan and highlight Silko’s sustain history lifestyle people. Therefore, can be situated historically culturally within memory-studies. To analyze contrasting behaviors characters, this projects relationship between collective doctrines that individual framework memory studies. Theories Jan Aleida Assmann are here explore chronicle struggle maintain tradition clan. Memory studies best describe since believes there is a systematic shift dislocating place. cultural displacement, specifically facing, happens when young lose their tribe forget traditions. The memory-studies then establish an intersection not only but also hegemony Indigenous culture. concludes regained through specific forms ceremonies, narratives, or any institutional formation. has entertained possibility historical communication- studies- may succeed stimulating attention generation.