Title: Silko, Morrison, and Roth : studies in survival /
Authors: Rand, Naomi R., 1954-
Publisher: P. Lang,
Year: 1999
Subjects: Silko, Leslie Marmon, Criticism and interpretation.; Morrison, Toni Criticism and interpretation.; Roth, Philip Criticism and interpretation.; Silko, Leslie Marmon, Criticism and interpretation.; American fiction History and criticism; Survival in literature.; Women and literature United States History
Abstract: Ethnic Americans from African American, Jewish American, and Native American backgrounds who attempt to merge with mainstream America face the very obvious problems of historically entrenched racism and anti-Semitism. Three modern American writers, Philip Roth, Leslie Marmon Silko, and Toni Morrison, have chosen a form of narrative that balances a longing for inclusion with a deep-seated anger toward the larger white or, in Roth's case, gentile social structure. This study of six of Silko, Morrison and Roth's longer works focuses on their use of a survival narrative motif as a way of clarifying their ethnic positioning.