چکیده (انگلیسی):

James Fenimore Cooper’s The Last of the Mohicans can be read as an outline for the contact (or clash) of many
diverse cultures. This novel may also be seen as a story of the development of American national-racial identity. The
present paper aims at examining Cooper’s classic novel in order to reveal the underlying discourse of race and
nationhood. The paper will discuss Cooper’s idea of historical change and human progress, and will show how the
teleological, stage-by-stage passage of history from savagery to civilization, from tribal communities to a unified
nation, empowered by cultural appropriation, resulted in the formation of a fresh and inevitably hybrid American
national identity.