The University as the Universe in Chad Harbach’s The Art of Fielding

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The University as the Universe in Chad Harbach’s The Art of Fielding

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

As before 1945, only a tiny percentage of the population had access to higher education, a novel set in a university only reflected a highly restricted class and gender privilege. In contrast, the postwar expansion of higher education in the anglophone world resulted in job openings at newly established universities and led to a new genre, the campus novel, or academic novel, whose focus was on professors rather than students. Currently, a new trend appears to be in progress in the United States, as the genre continues to flourish, but the distinction between the postwar professor-centered novels and the earlier student-centered ones no longer seems to apply. One of the major examples that illustrates this trend is Chad Harbach’s bestselling debut novel The Art of Fielding (2011), set in a small liberal arts college in Wisconsin. Although one of the major characters is Guert Affenlight, a former Harvard professor and current president of thecollege, the novel centers on Henry Skrimshander, a freshman and a gifted baseball player. While The Art of Fielding has been called a novel about baseball and college life, as Guert finds himself attracted to a mixed-race male student and Henry strives to do his best on the team and fit into a new environment, the issues raised in the text move far beyond this simple description. Thus, I argue that as the percentage of Americans with some experience of higher education is increasing, the college campus has become a convenient space for the fictional representation of the diversity of contemporary American society.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The University as the Universe in Chad Harbach’s The Art of Fielding

Popis výsledku anglicky

As before 1945, only a tiny percentage of the population had access to higher education, a novel set in a university only reflected a highly restricted class and gender privilege. In contrast, the postwar expansion of higher education in the anglophone world resulted in job openings at newly established universities and led to a new genre, the campus novel, or academic novel, whose focus was on professors rather than students. Currently, a new trend appears to be in progress in the United States, as the genre continues to flourish, but the distinction between the postwar professor-centered novels and the earlier student-centered ones no longer seems to apply. One of the major examples that illustrates this trend is Chad Harbach’s bestselling debut novel The Art of Fielding (2011), set in a small liberal arts college in Wisconsin. Although one of the major characters is Guert Affenlight, a former Harvard professor and current president of thecollege, the novel centers on Henry Skrimshander, a freshman and a gifted baseball player. While The Art of Fielding has been called a novel about baseball and college life, as Guert finds himself attracted to a mixed-race male student and Henry strives to do his best on the team and fit into a new environment, the issues raised in the text move far beyond this simple description. Thus, I argue that as the percentage of Americans with some experience of higher education is increasing, the college campus has become a convenient space for the fictional representation of the diversity of contemporary American society.

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60206 - Specific literatures

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Moravian Journal of Literature and Film

ISSN

1803-7720

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Svazek periodika

2017

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1-2

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

15

Strana od-do

73-87

Kód UT WoS článku

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