I've just started writing a book (in Italian) about Nobel Prize author Saul Bellow, one of my most loved writers of contemporary fiction...
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| My artwork of Saul Bellow in 1946 |
Much of the critical attention focused on Bellow's novels deals with his preoccupation with contemporary man as an individual. My book is an attempt to show Bellow's view of man in his close relationship with contemporary society through examining one of his most important novels: Herzog.
The first part of my book will discuss the relationship author, novel and social reality considering some sociological conceptions of contemporary society as well as expounding the methodological approach I used for the analysis of the novel.
In the second part I will examine Herzog in an analysis of the internal structure of the novel, relating its imaginary universe to the patterns of contemporary capitalist society. I will deal with the universe of the novel and its homology between its structure and the structure of society. The deeper level of the novel, that of Herzog's conscience and the synthesis he pursues, I will also discuss in this part, displaying Bellow/Herzog's commentaries on man and contemporary society.
I intend to conclude my study with the assumption that not only does Herzog stand for the contemporary man in the conflict between the individual and society, but also represents Bellow's voice in his deep reflections on history, philosophy and society.
- Link to my book in progress => BELLOW, HERZOG, AND SOCIAL REALITY
- My many other Wikibooks, a list on my Italian blog: LATHE BIOSAS (Λάθε Βιώσας = Vivi nascosto)
