Ideological tension in four novels by Saul Bellow

dc.contributor.advisorGlenn, Ianen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSacks, June Jocelynen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-16T09:48:38Z
dc.date.available2016-10-16T09:48:38Z
dc.date.issued1987en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: pages 212-230.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study examines and evaluates critically four novels by Saul Bellow: Dangling Man, The Victim, Herzog and Mr Sammler's Planet. The emphasis is on the tension between certain aspects of modernity to which many of the characters are attracted, and the latent Jewishness of their creator. Bellow's Jewish heritage suggests alternate ways of being to those advocated by the enlightened thought of liberal Humanism, for example, or by one of its offshoots, Existentialism, or by "wasteland" ideologies. Bellow propounds certain ideas about the purpose of the novel in various articles, and these are discussed briefly in the introduction. His dismissal of the prophets of doom, those thinkers and writers who are pessimistic about the fate of humankind and the continued existence of the novel, is emphatic and certain. His alternative to apocalyptic thinking and writing presents a view both of life and of the role of the novelist in the twentieth century.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationSacks, J. J. (1987). <i>Ideological tension in four novels by Saul Bellow</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22152en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSacks, June Jocelyn. <i>"Ideological tension in four novels by Saul Bellow."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22152en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSacks, J. 1987. Ideological tension in four novels by Saul Bellow. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Sacks, June Jocelyn AB - This study examines and evaluates critically four novels by Saul Bellow: Dangling Man, The Victim, Herzog and Mr Sammler's Planet. The emphasis is on the tension between certain aspects of modernity to which many of the characters are attracted, and the latent Jewishness of their creator. Bellow's Jewish heritage suggests alternate ways of being to those advocated by the enlightened thought of liberal Humanism, for example, or by one of its offshoots, Existentialism, or by "wasteland" ideologies. Bellow propounds certain ideas about the purpose of the novel in various articles, and these are discussed briefly in the introduction. His dismissal of the prophets of doom, those thinkers and writers who are pessimistic about the fate of humankind and the continued existence of the novel, is emphatic and certain. His alternative to apocalyptic thinking and writing presents a view both of life and of the role of the novelist in the twentieth century. DA - 1987 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1987 T1 - Ideological tension in four novels by Saul Bellow TI - Ideological tension in four novels by Saul Bellow UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22152 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSacks JJ. Ideological tension in four novels by Saul Bellow. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 1987 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22152en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of English Language and Literatureen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEnglish Language and Literatureen_ZA
dc.titleIdeological tension in four novels by Saul Bellowen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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