Format:
1 Online-Ressource (150 Seiten).
ISBN:
978-1-4411-7374-4
,
978-1-4725-4339-4
Note:
Erscheinungsjahr der Druckausgabe 2013. - Tragedy and secrecy: Philip Roth's The human stain -- Testimony and truth: Paul Auster's Leviathan -- Narcissism and explanation: Jeffrey Eugenides's The virgin suicides -- History, time and justice: E.L. Doctorow's The waterworks. - "American Fiction in Transition is a study of the observer-hero narrative, a highly significant but critically neglected genre of the American novel. Through the lens of this transitional genre, the book explores the 1990s in relation to debates about the end of postmodernism, and connects the decade to other transitional periods in US literature. Novels by four major contemporary writers are examined: Philip Roth, Paul Auster, E. L. Doctorow and Jeffrey Eugenides. Each novel has a similar structure: an observer-narrator tells the story of an important person in his life who has died. But each story is equally about the struggle to tell the story, to find adequate means to narrate the transitional quality of the hero's life. In playing out this narrative struggle, each novel thereby addresses the broader problem of historical transition, a problem that marks the legacy of the postmodern era in American literature and culture"--Provided by publisher
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover ISBN 978-1-4411-1285-9
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Paperback ISBN 978-1-62892-530-2
Language:
English
Subjects:
American Studies
Keywords:
Roman
;
Postmoderne
;
Erzähltechnik
;
1933-2018 The human stain Roth, Philip
;
1947-2024 Leviathan Auster, Paul
;
1960- The virgin suicides Eugenides, Jeffrey
;
1931-2015 The Waterworks Doctorow, E. L.
;
Erzähltechnik
DOI:
10.5040/9781472543394
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