THE AMERICAN SOCIAL NOVEL AND SINCLAIR LEWIS

Authors

  • Narine ZAKARYAN Yerevan State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46991/FLHE/2016.20.1-2.317

Keywords:

literature of the 20th century, critical realism, social novel, American social novel, differentiating feature, unique style

Abstract

The paper is devoted to the American literature at the beginning of the 20th century. The trend of critical realism and the genre of social novel are studied here. The paper is organized on the basis of comparison between the three authors – Theodore Dreiser, John Steinbeck and Sinclair Lewis. The latter is always in the centre of the analysis as highlighted in the title.

Published

2016-05-19

Issue

Section

Literary Criticism