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Title

The Anti-Hero in Modernist Fiction: From Irony to Cultural Renewal

Author

Shadi Neimneh

Document Type

Article

Citation

Neimneh, Shadi. “The Anti-Hero in Modernist Fiction: From Irony to Cultural Renewal.” Mosaic 46, no. 4 (Dec. 2013): 75-90.

Annotation

Applies Joseph Campbell’s theory of heroism to The Sun Also Rises, Joyce’s Ulysses (1922), and Samuel Beckett’s Murphy (1938) in his examination of the nature of the antiheroic in modernist texts. Contends that for Jake, the mythic journey becomes an interior initiation in which his newfound understanding of his weaknesses and limitations reinvigorates his ability to adapt and survive in a chaotic and culturally fragmented world.

Published in

Mosaic

Volume

46

Issue

4

Date

2013

Pages

75-90

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