ALTRALANG Journal
Volume 7, Numéro 2, Pages 343-357
2025-12-10
The Us Predatory Discourse On Its Origin Myth Contrapuntally Analyzed: The Case Of American Settlers’ Narrative On Native Americans
Authors : Benmerabet Naime .
Abstract
The article seeks to unpack the US hegemonic and predatory discourse which firmly underpins its origin myth through the use of Said’s contrapuntality approach. More specifically, the article places a special premium on revealing that the US mainstream, official historical account about its origins is largely insufficient to vehicle the thorough reality of how the US was first established. The article investigates the US dichotomous, hierarchized and inveterately supremacist narrative that underpinned policies of land theft, forcible removal and genocide against Native Americans. Most importantly, the article contrapuntally analyses President Andrew Jackson’s milestone speech before Congress (Dec. 6, 1830) to demystify the univocal and exclusionary US historical account which elevated its ethnocentric and supremacist narrative into a commonsensical and non-negotiable logic. The analyses dwell on unearthing alternative, but muted, narratives about the experiences of the encounter of American settlers with Native Americans.
Keywords
: American settlers ; Native Americans ; Jackson’s speech ; White supremacist logic ; Said’s contrapuntality approach
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