Druhý život Philipa Rotha: nástin interpretace

• Authors: Sýkora Michal

Title variants

EN

PHILIP ROTH’S THE COUNTERLIFE: AN OUTLINE OF INTERPRETATION

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The present study deals with the interpretation of Philip Roth’s most experimental novel The Counterlife, considered by many critics as the best text of Roth’s postmodern period. The novel is an exploration of various attempts to start a new — different life, and each of its five chapters presents a new way, thus denying the preceding chapter. There are several key themes in the novel: the exploration and defence of the writer’s own poetics, and, above all, reflections on Jewish identity, its roots, and by what it is formed.

Keywords

CS

Philip Roth; americká literatura; postmodernismus; interpretace

EN

Philip Roth; American fiction; postmodernism; interpretation

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Svět literatury – Časopis pro novodobé literatury (World of Literature – Journal for Modern Literatures)
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 57
• Pages: 74-86

Contributors

author

Sýkora Michal

• Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci