Monday, April 11, 2011

Project Brief- Ongoing Project

Being a screenwriter and general story teller, the sociological topic that interests me most with the Montagnard is their storytelling traditions. I would like to research and present traditional stories from their cultural heritage, and possibly contact/research a local Montagnard writer. I would examine the archetypes and themes at play within Montagnard story telling traditions and see how they compare and contrast with their more modern writings.
Here are some resources I've found from the materials dug up by my fellow classmates.

(Religious beliefs help to inform story telling tradition to a huge extent)
http://www.cal.org/co/montagnards/vrelig.html
(This rapper everyone keeps talking about is a very modern example of story telling)
http://diacritics.org/2011/01/05/mondegas-for-the-people-a-montagnard-hip-hop-debut/
(Contains an example of Montagnard myth; also looks into possible interpretations and relations to mythology of other cultures as well as more recent history, highlighting how some stories never cease to be relevant.)
http://www.endicott-studio.com/rdrm/forfathr.html
(If this source is to be believed than I will have difficulty finding any Montagnard stories written- it would be better to hear them told directly if possible)
http://www.cal.org/co/montagnards/vlife.html

I still would like to find a modern Montagnard writer in a more classic sense- a screenwriter, a novelist, a stage writer, etc; a storyteller. I would also like to find more examples of Montagnard myth.

The image below represents the connection of my interests to the Montagnard, as well as what sort of resources/information I will need:
















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