“Something-fuckingelse”: Incorporated and Relational Alterities in Louise Erdrich’s The Sentence (2021)
In this article, I argue that Louise Erdrich’s The Sentence (2021) is informed by Métis and Indigenous relationality. Since mixedness does not fully allow readers to understand the complex relations at work in the novel, I suggest reading it in relation with Métis literature and Métisness. As the Mé...
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Études canadiennes / Canadian Studies
2026
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| Online adgang: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Summary: | In this article, I argue that Louise Erdrich’s The Sentence (2021) is informed by Métis and Indigenous relationality. Since mixedness does not fully allow readers to understand the complex relations at work in the novel, I suggest reading it in relation with Métis literature and Métisness. As the Métis have suffered from erasure and racialization, the narrator’s confrontation with the Rougarou – or what she calls “something fuckingelse” – helps her to reclaim a Métis legacy that is yet to be recognized by the United States. With references to European cautionary tales and Indigenous trickster stories, the narrator leads readers to (re)consider Métisness. |
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