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...
| Другие заглавия: | Research Article |
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| Формат: | Электронный ресурс Статья |
| Язык: | Английский |
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| Опубликовано: |
[2006]
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AJS review
Год: 2006, Том: 30, Выпуск: 2, Страницы: 305-312 |
| Другие ключевые слова: | B
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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| Итог: | 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 |
| Второстепенные работы: | Enthalten in: Association for Jewish Studies, AJS review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0364009406000146 |
