%0 Journal Article
%T Zuckerman¡¯s "Blah-blah Blah-blah Blah": a blow to mimesis, a key to irony
%A Arnaud Schmitt
%J European Journal of American Studies
%D 2008
%I European Association for American Studies
%R 10.4000/ejas.7353
%X Philip Roth¡¯s American trilogy is indeed a poignant description of seminal periods of contemporary America. Reading these three outstanding novels, one feels entitled to use the fictional data included to improve or modify one¡¯s knowledge of crucial events such as the Vietnam War, McCarthyism or Clinton's peculiar second term. And this is roughly how this work has been depicted in most reviews, as a powerful "mimetic feast." Today, Roth's talent seems to lie mainly in his ability to create a ...
%K Postmodernism
%K Philip Roth
%K Nathan Zuckerman
%K Narratology
%K Mimesis
%K Irony
%K Narrative conflict
%U http://ejas.revues.org/7353