"professionalist" - 1 õppematerjal

Ameerika kirjandus alates I maailmasõjast kuni tänapäevani.

There is one exception, bobs 9 year old son is different, he is kind, generous, almmost too good to be true. He is unamerican, hates sports, and he is constantly afraid that something terrible will happen and he dies at the end of the novel. His death is equally symbolic, nothing humane, good can survive in the America of the 1970's. The whole novel is actually Hellers attempt to undo the American dream. John Gardner 1933-82. Medievalist, ,,Beowulf" professionalist. He is one of the anti postmodernist, he wants to go back to eternal veritys, eternal values, truths, unlike many postmodernists he believes in the educational importance of art. Thats why he broke away from radical and went back to realism. Realism could teach a valuable lesson. ,,October light" 1977. Even the setting is chosen veyr carefully, the setting is actually a farm. The action takes place one week in october in the early 1970's, very few characters, the main