%0 Journal Article
%T Political Awakenings
%A Claudia Franziska Br¨¹hwiler
%J Transatlantica : Revue d'¨¦tudes Am¨¦ricaines
%D 2008
%I Association fran?aise d'¨¦tudes am¨¦ricaines
%X Le Complot contre l¡¯Am¨¦rique de Philip Roth d¨¦crit l¡¯initiation politique de ses deux protagonistes, le narrateur Philip et son fr¨¨re a n¨¦, Sanford. Tandis que ce dernier passe par un processus initiatique quasi classique ¡ª il se d¨¦roule conform¨¦ment au sch¨¦ma tripartite de van Gennep ¡ª l¡¯apog¨¦e de l¡¯initiation de Philip est marqu¨¦e par douleur et blessure. Toutefois, tous les deux connaissent seulement une initiation partielle, car le premier doit d¡¯abord admettre ses erreurs tandis que le second va devoir apprendre, non seulement ¨¤ remettre en cause l¡¯autorit¨¦, mais ¨¦galement ¨¤ d¨¦velopper ses id¨¦es de fa on ind¨¦pendante. 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.
%K political fiction
%K political socialization
%K coming of age
%K political scenario novel.
%K Philip Roth
%K fiction politique
%K socialisation politique
%K initiation
%K adolescence
%U http://transatlantica.revues.org/1702