Based on a detailed analysis of all the works written by contemporary American writer Philip Roth,Xin Huimin’s monograph A Study of the Writing of the Memories in Philip Roth’s Fiction divides his literary writing c...Based on a detailed analysis of all the works written by contemporary American writer Philip Roth,Xin Huimin’s monograph A Study of the Writing of the Memories in Philip Roth’s Fiction divides his literary writing career of more than half a century into three phases:the Jewish writing phase,the American writing phase and the phase of“late style”writing.Drawing on related theories of memory,Xin explores how the protagonists in Roth’s seven novels use their various modes of memory to fashion and reconstruct their ethnical,national and personal identity,and further points out that these three distinct phases correspond to Roth’s shifts from a Jewish writer,an American writer,and to an aging writer.The book comprehensively manifests Roth’s ethical concerns,his political appeal and the aesthetic value of his works.展开更多
The Human Stain （2000） is a novel full of the characteristics ofvisualism, making the readers imagine the fair skin of Coleman as a black, as well as the black identity hidden under his fair skin. Black and white, t...The Human Stain （2000） is a novel full of the characteristics ofvisualism, making the readers imagine the fair skin of Coleman as a black, as well as the black identity hidden under his fair skin. Black and white, these two colors create the general ideology of the book. Coleman revels in his personal feeling of the body because of the vision of his skin color, thus leading to his irreplaceable desire, emotion, and inner spiritual experience, This paper tries to analyze and explore the racialism existing in the novel by applying the gaze theory and offering a philosophical interpretation to the Coleman＇s tragedy. Coleman feels the pressure of betraying himself from time to time, and confounds himself with the virtual image in other＇s gaze. In order to seize back the subjectivity lost in the adversarial gaze from the white, Coleman resists it at the cost of cutting off relationship with his mother, which impressively shows the solitude and alienation of the black race in the American modem civilization.展开更多
The principle objective of this paper is to research into Philip Roth＇s uncovering and opposition to American racial discrimination, foreign wars and free love. By reading Philip Roth＇s novels concerning these aspec...The principle objective of this paper is to research into Philip Roth＇s uncovering and opposition to American racial discrimination, foreign wars and free love. By reading Philip Roth＇s novels concerning these aspects and referring to studies done by other scholars in these fields, after a careful and logical analysis, the writer of this paper draws a reasonable conclusion about Philip Roth＇s attitudes toward these matters. In many of his works, Philip Roth exposes and condemns racial discrimination in American society, displays and criticizes the culture of free love, unfolds American people＇s calamities caused by foreign wars and expresses his protest against foreign wars.展开更多
In Goodbye,Columbus,the lower-class Neil Krugman falls in love with the upper-class Brenda Patimkin partly driven by wealth,and the lovers’relationship and Brenda’s relationship with her family are deeply affected b...In Goodbye,Columbus,the lower-class Neil Krugman falls in love with the upper-class Brenda Patimkin partly driven by wealth,and the lovers’relationship and Brenda’s relationship with her family are deeply affected by consumerism.Therefore,this paper tries to elucidate the embodiment of consumerism in Goodbye,Columbus and the negative impacts caused by it,aiming to arouse the reflection on the money-oriented consumer society.展开更多
One of the significant features of The Human Stain is that it lays bare the reality of American society and censures the Anglo-Saxon or white discourse.What are equally important are the multiple narrative strategies ...One of the significant features of The Human Stain is that it lays bare the reality of American society and censures the Anglo-Saxon or white discourse.What are equally important are the multiple narrative strategies that Philip R oth employs in the novel.T his paper focuses mainly on the elaboration of such narrative strategies as mimesis and diegesis,complicated narrative time,shifting focalizations,and narration or non-narrative comments,so as to point out that these narrative strategies add colors to its( postmodern) artistic features,becoming an integral component of this novel.展开更多
文摘Based on a detailed analysis of all the works written by contemporary American writer Philip Roth,Xin Huimin’s monograph A Study of the Writing of the Memories in Philip Roth’s Fiction divides his literary writing career of more than half a century into three phases:the Jewish writing phase,the American writing phase and the phase of“late style”writing.Drawing on related theories of memory,Xin explores how the protagonists in Roth’s seven novels use their various modes of memory to fashion and reconstruct their ethnical,national and personal identity,and further points out that these three distinct phases correspond to Roth’s shifts from a Jewish writer,an American writer,and to an aging writer.The book comprehensively manifests Roth’s ethical concerns,his political appeal and the aesthetic value of his works.
文摘The Human Stain （2000） is a novel full of the characteristics ofvisualism, making the readers imagine the fair skin of Coleman as a black, as well as the black identity hidden under his fair skin. Black and white, these two colors create the general ideology of the book. Coleman revels in his personal feeling of the body because of the vision of his skin color, thus leading to his irreplaceable desire, emotion, and inner spiritual experience, This paper tries to analyze and explore the racialism existing in the novel by applying the gaze theory and offering a philosophical interpretation to the Coleman＇s tragedy. Coleman feels the pressure of betraying himself from time to time, and confounds himself with the virtual image in other＇s gaze. In order to seize back the subjectivity lost in the adversarial gaze from the white, Coleman resists it at the cost of cutting off relationship with his mother, which impressively shows the solitude and alienation of the black race in the American modem civilization.
文摘The principle objective of this paper is to research into Philip Roth＇s uncovering and opposition to American racial discrimination, foreign wars and free love. By reading Philip Roth＇s novels concerning these aspects and referring to studies done by other scholars in these fields, after a careful and logical analysis, the writer of this paper draws a reasonable conclusion about Philip Roth＇s attitudes toward these matters. In many of his works, Philip Roth exposes and condemns racial discrimination in American society, displays and criticizes the culture of free love, unfolds American people＇s calamities caused by foreign wars and expresses his protest against foreign wars.
文摘In Goodbye,Columbus,the lower-class Neil Krugman falls in love with the upper-class Brenda Patimkin partly driven by wealth,and the lovers’relationship and Brenda’s relationship with her family are deeply affected by consumerism.Therefore,this paper tries to elucidate the embodiment of consumerism in Goodbye,Columbus and the negative impacts caused by it,aiming to arouse the reflection on the money-oriented consumer society.
文摘One of the significant features of The Human Stain is that it lays bare the reality of American society and censures the Anglo-Saxon or white discourse.What are equally important are the multiple narrative strategies that Philip R oth employs in the novel.T his paper focuses mainly on the elaboration of such narrative strategies as mimesis and diegesis,complicated narrative time,shifting focalizations,and narration or non-narrative comments,so as to point out that these narrative strategies add colors to its( postmodern) artistic features,becoming an integral component of this novel.
