By writing in English and experimenting with European literary forms, contemporary American Indian writers have broadened their potential audience, while clearly retaining many essential characteristics of their ancestral oral traditions.
6. Which of the following is most likely one of the
reasons that the author mentions the work of
N. Scott Momaday?
(A) To illustrate how the author believes that
some American Indian writers have broadened
their potential audience
(D) To suggest that contemporary American Indian
writers have sacrificed traditional values for
popular literary success
By writing in English and experimenting with European literary forms, contemporary American Indian writers have broadened their potential audience, while clearly retaining many essential characteristics of their ancestral oral traditions.