RT Article
T1 Reading for the plot?: Philip Roth's "The Plot against America"
JF AJS review
VO 30
IS 2
SP 305
OP 312
A1 Sokoloff, Naomi
LA English
YR 2006
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1699783977
AB In his study Reading for the Plot, Peter Brooks defines plot as that which “makes us read forward, seeking in the unfolding of narrative a line of intention and a portent of design that hold the promise of progress toward meaning.” Plot proves to be a rich and multifaceted concept to explore in reading Philip Roth’s novel The Plot against America (2004), in which counterfactual histories, personal plotlines, a cluster of subplots, and the reader’s awareness of metanarrative (“masterplot”) all contribute to the complex shaping of the text.
K1 Narrative plot
K1 Novels
K1 United States History
K1 Criminal conspiracy
K1 Jewish peoples
K1 Narrative history
K1 Written narratives
K1 Antisemitism
K1 Nazism
DO 10.1017/S0364009406000146