"unamerican" - 1 õppematerjal

Ameerika kirjandus alates I maailmasõjast kuni tänapäevani.

Bob Slogam has to avoids everything that is tragic, like blind people. Wants his blind mother to die. Younger generation is not much better, they dont care for their parents, they dont care about school, education, they have no ambition, they are salky, unhappy, dissatisfied with everything. Jospeh heller gives a collective picture of his characters, many of them has no names. 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