Political Awakenings

Political Awakenings

Philip Roth’s The Plot Against America traces the political awakening of its two child protagonists, the narrator Philip and his elder brother Sanford. While the latter undergoes an initiation process nearly in accordance with the classical tripartite scheme as coined by van Gennep, the height of Ph...

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Main Author: Claudia Franziska Brühwiler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association Française d'Etudes Américaines 2008-05-01
Series:Transatlantica : Revue d'Études Américaines
Subjects:
political fiction
political socialization
coming of age
political scenario novel.
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/1702
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spelling doaj-6e69f01d01b542838aaed77d75dbfdea2021-09-02T20:08:26ZengAssociation Française d'Etudes AméricainesTransatlantica : Revue d'Études Américaines1765-27662008-05-01210.4000/transatlantica.1702Political AwakeningsClaudia Franziska BrühwilerPhilip Roth’s The Plot Against America traces the political awakening of its two child protagonists, the narrator Philip and his elder brother Sanford. While the latter undergoes an initiation process nearly in accordance with the classical tripartite scheme as coined by van Gennep, the height of Philip’s initiation process is marked by physical pain and injury. However, both experience only a partial initiation, since the elder brother will have to recognize his errors and the younger one will first have to learn how to go beyond the mere questioning of authority.http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/1702political fictionpolitical socializationcoming of agepolitical scenario novel.
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author Claudia Franziska Brühwiler
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Political Awakenings
Transatlantica : Revue d'Études Américaines
political fiction
political socialization
coming of age
political scenario novel.
author_facet Claudia Franziska Brühwiler
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title Political Awakenings
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publisher Association Française d'Etudes Américaines
series Transatlantica : Revue d'Études Américaines
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description Philip Roth’s The Plot Against America traces the political awakening of its two child protagonists, the narrator Philip and his elder brother Sanford. While the latter undergoes an initiation process nearly in accordance with the classical tripartite scheme as coined by van Gennep, the height of Philip’s initiation process is marked by physical pain and injury. However, both experience only a partial initiation, since the elder brother will have to recognize his errors and the younger one will first have to learn how to go beyond the mere questioning of authority.
topic political fiction
political socialization
coming of age
political scenario novel.
url http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/1702
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