Journal of Shanghai University (Social Science Edition) ›› 2013, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (6): 55-69.

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OntheModernityinSaulBellow'sNovels

  

  • Online:2013-11-15 Published:2013-11-15

Abstract: WesternscholarsdebateaboutthenatureofSaulBellow'snovels.Someofthemmaintainthat
Bellowisamodernistwriter;othersobservethatBellowfoughtagainstModernistaestheticschampionedbywrit
erslikeGustaveFlaubert;stillothersinsistthatBellowisapostmodernistwriter.Theauthorofthepresentpa
perattemptstoargueaboutthemodernityinBellow'snovelsthroughthefollowingissues,i.e.Bellowandthe
modernism,the"wasteland"imagesinBellow'snovels,andthewomencharacterandmodernity.
 

Key words: SaulBellow, modernity, postmodernity, modernism, "wasteland", women

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