Reading for the plot?: Philip Roth's "The Plot against America"
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 read...
| Nebentitel: | Research Article |
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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[2006]
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AJS review
Jahr: 2006, Band: 30, Heft: 2, Seiten: 305-312 |
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Narrative plot
B Written narratives B Jewish peoples B Nazism B Narrative history B Criminal conspiracy B United States History B Novels B Antisemitism |
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-4541 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Association for Jewish Studies, AJS review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0364009406000146 |
