上海外国语大学美国文学课件：chapter 13.ppt

Unlike many aging novelists, whose productive qualities wane over time, Roth has demonstrated a unique ability not only to sustain his literary output, but even surpass the scope and talent inherent in his previous writings.? His latter fiction is arguable his best work, as demonstrated by the succession of awards he received in the 1990s (and the fact that hes on the short list for the Nobel Prize).? He has lived in Rome, London, Chicago, and New York.? He currently lives in Connecticut.? His awards and honors include: Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories (1959) Letting Go (1962) When She Was Good (1967) Portnoys Complaint (1969) The Breast (1972) The Great American Novel (1973) My Life As a Man (1974) The Professor of Desire (1977) The Ghost Writer (1979) Zuckerman Unbound (1981) The Anatomy Lesson (1983) The Counterlife (1986) Operation Shylock (1993) Sabbaths Theater (1995) American Pastoral (1997) The Human Stain (2000) The Dying Animal (2001) Reading Myself and Others (2001) Goodbye, Columbus(1959): Goodbye, Columbus first appeared in the autumn-winter 1958-59 issue of the Paris Review and shortly thereafter in Goodbye, Columbus, and Five Short Stories (1959). This collection brought Philip Roth recognition as one of Americas most important fiction writers. Goodbye, Columbus treats many of the themes for which Roth is best known: acculturation and assimilation of second and third generation Jews into American life; their attempts to fulfill the American dream; their relationship to their heritage, both American and European; and the tension between wealth and intellect. The storys central character and narrator, Neil Klugman, embodies all of these themes. Living with his Aunt Gladys in the Jewish section of Newark, he meets and falls in love with Brenda Patimkin, daughter of Ben Patimkin, who made a fortune in kitchen and bathroom sinks. The Patimkins live in Short Hills, New Jersey, an affluent suburb. As Neil drives there, he feels th