Academic Life as an Oxymoron: A Jewish American's Way out of Harvard in Michael Blumenthal's Weinstock among the Dying

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angličtina
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Academic Life as an Oxymoron: A Jewish American's Way out of Harvard in Michael Blumenthal's Weinstock among the Dying
Original language description
The paper analyzes Michael Blumenthal's only campus novel Weinstock among the Dying (1993) as an example of a combination of a campus and mid-life crisis novel, which reflects the middle class experience. The book is set at Harvard and focuses on Martin Weinstock, a thirty-eight-year-old lecturer of creative writing who finds the atmosphere at Harvard sterile and self-important, but he also becomes aware of his own personal problems. In particular, Weinstock has to reconcile with his extended family and accept his Jewish heritage in order to realize he must leave the university to find satisfaction in life. In turn, the novel combines biting satire of the prestigious educational institution with a complex psychological portrayal of the protagonist.
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection
Silesian Studies in English 2015. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of English and American Studies
ISBN
978-80-7510-204-1
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Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
101-109
Publisher name
Slezská univerzita v Opavě
Place of publication
Opava
Event location
Opava
Event date
Sep 14, 2015
Type of event by nationality
EUR - Evropská akce
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