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The Heroic Ideal in Philip Roth's "Indignation" (2008) and "Nemesis" (2010)

Name: The Heroic Ideal in Philip Roth's "Indignation" (2008) and "Nemesis" (2010)
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Author: Tobias Seller
ISBN: 9783346719096

Bachelor Thesis, 2020

41 Pages, Grade: 2,0

Tobias Seller (Author)

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1. Introduction
1.1 Methodological approach
1.2 Relevance of this investigation

2. The concept of masculinity within society
2.1 Development of the term hero
2.2 Different hero concepts in Roth´s literature

3. Analysis of Indignation and the heroic ideal it mediates
3.1 Analysis of the narrative structure and its support of the heroic ideal
3.2 The heroic Ideal in Indignation
3.3 Allusions to Roman mythology and heroically figures

4. Analysis of Nemesis and the heroic ideal it mediates
4.1 Analysis of the narrative structure and its support of the heroic ideal
4.2 The heroic ideal in Nemesis
4.3 Similarities to the Greek tragic hero Oedipus and allusions to Greek mythology

5. Similarities in the heroic Ideal in Indignation and Nemesis

6. Roth´s underlying criticism within these two novels

7. Conclusion

8. Bibliography

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Title: The Heroic Ideal in Philip Roth's "Indignation" (2008) and "Nemesis" (2010)
College: University of Wuppertal
Grade: 2,0
Author: Tobias Seller (Author)
Year: 2020
Pages: 41
Catalog Number: V1273914
ISBN (eBook): 9783346719089
ISBN (Book): 9783346719096
Language: English
Keywords: Roth, Philip, Literatur, Heroic, Ideal, Masculine, Image, Anglistik, Analysis, Indignation, Nemesis, Greek, Ancient, Similarities

Quote paper: Tobias Seller (Author), 2020, The Heroic Ideal in Philip Roth's "Indignation" (2008) and "Nemesis" (2010), Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/1273914

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