Philip Roth/Nathan Zuckerman/Philip Roth Written/Written/Unwritten

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College

Sucedió en América: Ucronia en La Conjura contra América

La Conjura Contra América narra una versión de la historia de los Estados Unidos en la que un gobierno de tinte fascista gana las elecciones a Roosevelt en 1940. Las medidas adoptadas por este gobierno liderado por el aviador Charles A. Lindbergh afectan de una manera directa a la familia Roth. Esta familia judía de clase media-baja se ve marginada de repente cuando el gobierno empieza aplicar dichas medidas. Los eventos vividos por Philip Roth cuando tenía entre 7 y 9 años de edad son narrados por un Philip Roth adulto desde un punto de vista crítico hacia la sociedad americana. El género de esta novela puede ser analizado en base a lo que Elizabeth Wesseling acuña bajo el término uchronia. Este tipo de textos difieren del curso actual de la historia ofreciendo diferentes formas que la sociedad podría haber adoptado en el caso de que un hecho hipotético hubiera ocurrido en la realidad. En el caso de La Conjura Contra América la historia difiere de su curso normal durante solo dos años, pero sin ninguna duda modificara la forma de entender la sociedad Americana. Los aspectos formales analizados en esta narrativa son el narrador, la focalización, el punto de vista sobre el discurso dominante en la historia de los Estados Unidos, el personaje de Philip Roth y la forma en la que Lindbergh margina al personaje de Herman Roth. // The Plot Against America targets American canonized history offering a counter historical plot in which a fascist government lead by Charles A. Lindbergh runs the country during the years 1940-1942. This has direct consequences over the Roths, a Jewish lower-middle class family which is suddenly moved to the realm of otherness. The events are seen through the eyes of little eight-year-old Philip Roth and narrated from a critical point of view by a mature Philip Roth sixty years later approximately. This text can be interpreted as what Elisabeth Wesseling defined as Uchronia. These kinds of texts deviate from documented history offering alternative views of societies. In this case, this novel offers a deviation of two years from canonized history. The different formal elements and the roles of the characters Philip Roth, and Herman Roth contribute to the development of a critique upon the status of Jews in society and certain values on which American identity claims to be built. The age gap between narrator and focalizer, the structure of the novel, the treatment of history, the three different projections of Philip Roth and the way in which Lindbergh’s government policies attack the economic stability of the Roths are analyzed to provide a better understanding of the critical message upon American values of liberty and freedom this novel provides

A caligrafia de Olivia: o passado e o presente na América de Philip Roth

Resenha de "Indignação", de Philip Roth. A calligraphy for Olivia: present and past in Philip Roth´s America - Review of the book "Indignation", by Philip Roth.

S’inventer comme juif. Les jeux identitaires de Philip Roth

S’inventer comme juif. Les jeux identitaires de Philip Roth

Understanding the Other Europe: Philip Roth's Writings on Prague

El objetivo de este trabajo es explorar la representación y el significado de la praga de la posguerra en la obra de uno de los más destacados autores norteamericanos contemporáneos, philip roth. La ciudad natal de kafka es la localidad de the prague orgyThe aim of this essay is to explore the representation and significance of post-war prague in the works of one of the finest contemporary american authors, philip roth. Kafka's hometown is the locale of the prague orgy (1985) and one of david kepesh's st

Apropiación y alienación: consideraciones hermenéutico-existenciales a propósito de la Pastoral Americana de Philip Roth

Starting from a basic formulation of relevant elements of Heidegger’s phenomenological hermeneutics, this article proposes a reading of the work of the american writer Philip Roth, which earned him a Pulitzer Prize in 1989, entitled American Pastoral -- The main purpose of this reading is to show how elementary existential phenomena like being-away (Wegsein), staying-awake (Wachsein), being-there (Dasein) allow an appropriate articulation of meaning of the work of Roth, in which it declares his particular existential commitmentPartiendo de una formulación básica de algunos elementos relevantes de la hermenéutica fenomenológica de Heidegger, el presente artículo propone una lectura de la obra del escritor norteamericano Philip Roth titulada Pastoral americana, que lo hizo acreedor al premio Pulitzer en 1989 -- El propósito central de esa lectura consiste en mostrar de qué manera fenómenos existenciales elementales como estar-lejos (Wegsein), estar-despierto (Wachsein), estar-ahí (Dasein) permiten una articulación propia del sentido de la obra de Roth en la que ésta manifiesta su particular compromiso existencia

European Literary Tradition in Roth\u27s Kepesh Trilogy

in his article European Literary Tradition in Roth\u27s Kepesh Trilogy Gustavo Sánchez-Canales discusses the significance of European literature in Philip Roth\u27s novels. Sánchez-Canales analyses the influence of Nikolai Gogol\u27s The Nose and Franz Kafka\u27s The Metamorphosis on Roth\u27s The Breast and in Roth\u27s The Professor of Desire of Anton Chekhov\u27s tales and Franz Kafka\u27s A Hunger Artist and The Castle. Further, Sánchez-Canales elaborates on the impact of Thomas Mann\u27s Death in Venice and W.B. Yeats\u27s poem Sailing to Byzantium on Roth\u27s The Dying Animal

Philip Roth, Henry Roth and the History of the Jews

In his article Philip Roth, Henry Roth and the History of the Jews Timothy Parrish argues that while Roth\u27s status as a Jewish American writer has been a pressing issue since his career began and that while in recent scholarship Roth\u27s achievement as a US-American writer is stressed, the durability of Roth\u27s work depends more on its implied submission to a Jewish tradition. From The Conversion of the Jews (1959) to Nemesis (2010), his characters challenge endlessly the ethical and moral constructs of their Jewish community to acknowledge the fact that they exist inside of it. One might choose any of Roth\u27s late works to explore this claim, but Exit Ghost (2007) is compelling in particular because it asks us to consider Roth\u27s career in the context of the life and work of his critically overlooked predecessor and literary counter-ego, Henry Roth

O ELEMENTO AUTOBIOGRÁFICO NA OBRA DE PHILIP ROTH: BREVE PANORAMA

O presente artigo se propõe a um breve inventário dos elementos autobiográficos dentro da obra de Philip Roth, seguido de uma investigação quanto aos possíveis motivadores para a inserção desses elementos e seu efeito na recepção das obras pelo leitor. Isso se mostra relevante dado o papel central que a mistura entre autobiografia e ficção assume na obra de Philip Roth desde seu início. O trabalho centra sua análise na chamada fase “autobiográfica” de Roth, a publicação em sequência de cinco livros cujos personagem principal é o escritor Philip Roth, mas que exibem graus diferentes de ficcionalização. Por fim, será tecida uma reflexão sobre esse elemento e as questões meta-ficcionais e a reflexão a respeito do papel do escritor elaborada por Roth

Book Reviews

Book reviews of: Philip Roth, The Plot Against America (Houghton Mifflin, 2004) Richard Clarke, Ten Years Later, Atlantic Monthly (Jan/Feb., 2005) Azar Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran (Random House Trade Paperback, 2004