Satire, Identity, And National Anxiety: The Transformative Worlds Of Philip Roth.
Keywords:
Philip Roth, satire, American literature, Jewish-American experience, national trauma, identity, postmodernismAbstract
This research paper examines the extensive literary career of Philip Roth, focusing on his exploration of identity, satire, trauma, and national anxiety in American fiction. Through critical analysis of key novels—including Portnoy’s Complaint, The Ghost Writer, American
Pastoral, The Plot Against America, and The Human Stain—the study reveals Roth’s approach to postwar American social and cultural crises. Combining textual analysis, contextualisation, and scholarly dialogue, this work situates Roth as both a chronicler and critic of the American
imagination, whose fiction blurs the boundaries between autobiography and invention.
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