“An Affront to Writers Everywhere”: A Hypothetical Exploration of Donald Trump’s Life in Howard Jacobson’s Pussy

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angličtina
Original language name
“An Affront to Writers Everywhere”: A Hypothetical Exploration of Donald Trump’s Life in Howard Jacobson’s Pussy
Original language description
Howard Jacobson is a British Jewish novelist whose works tend to focus on Jewish characters living in contemporary Britain. However, after the election of Donald Trump as American president, Jacobson strayed away from his usual theme in order to react to the event that he considered “an affront to writers everywhere.” The result is Pussy (2017), a brief satire about the childhood and young adulthood of Prince Fracassus, who resembles Trump in appearance, speech and character. Moreover, as the novel closes with Fracassus’ being elected the Prime Mover of the Federation of All the Republics, other personalities of contemporary political life appear thinly disguised as minor characters. This paper thus compares the recent socio-political reality with its reflection in the novel, additionally commenting on the text’s common features with the classics of British literature that some reviewers identified as Jacobson’s inspirational sources.
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I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection
Silesian Studies in English 2018: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference of English and American Studies
ISBN
978-80-7510-398-7
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Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
176-183
Publisher name
Slezská univerzita v Opavě
Place of publication
Opava
Event location
Opava
Event date
Sep 6, 2018
Type of event by nationality
EUR - Evropská akce
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