IDEOLOGICAL AND THEMATIC QUESTIONS OF NORMAN MAILER'S NOVEL «AN AMERICAN DREAM»

Authors

  • Євген Лепьохін
  • Наталія Загорняк

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18372/2520-6818.27.7886

Keywords:

novel, existentialism, hipster, narrative, love, eroticism, sexuality

Abstract

The article centres on the distinguishing of the main tasks of the novel“An American Dream” by Norman Mailer. The purpose of the article is tooptimize and to process the scientific data about the novel.

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Published

2015-05-13

Issue

Section

Literature Studies