Narrator,Anti-hero and Tragedy:A Comparative Reading of American Pastoral and Lord Jim

• 作者: DENG Jian-ying
• 来源期刊: 文学与艺术研究:英文版
• 学科: 文学
• 关键词: American Pastoral Lord Jim INTERTEXTUALITY NARRATOR ANTI-HERO TRAGEDY
• 年，卷（期）: wxyysyjywb_2021,（1）
• 页码范围: 1-12
• 页数: 12页
• 分类号: H31

摘要

American novelist Philip Roth demonstrated admiration for and intimacy with Joseph Conrad’s works.Testimonies abound of Roth’s direct and oblique references to Conrad’s novels.A close and comparative reading of Roth’s American Pastoral and Conrad’s Lord Jim reveals the intertextuality between the two novels in three aspects:narrative techniques,characterization and the protagonist’s tragedy.By incorporating Conrad’s Lord Jim into the fabric of American Pastoral through intertextuality,Roth rewrites Jim’s story in a new historical and social context,throwing new light on the canonical work and revealing the dilemma and tragedy of American Jewish immigrants in their pursuit of American Dream.