Silko, Morrison, and Roth
Subtitle: studies in survival
By: Naomi R. Rand.
Series: Studies on themes and motifs in literature, 37
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Peter
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 118
Subjects: Silko, Leslie, 1948- -- Criticism and interpretation.; Morrison, Toni -- Criticism and interpretation.; Roth, Philip -- Criticism and interpretation.; American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Survival in literature.; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [113]-118).