CULTURAL, PHILOSOPHICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES IN THE NOVEL A YOUNG MAN IN SEARCH OF LOVE BY ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER
CULTURAL, PHILOSOPHICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES IN THE NOVEL A YOUNG MAN IN SEARCH OF LOVE BY ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER
Author(s): Irina Ana DobrotSubject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Psychology, Jewish studies, Fiction, Studies of Literature, Novel, Philology, Theory of Literature, American Literature
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: Yiddish; reader-response criticism; free associations; culture; identity;
Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the paper is to analyse the novel A Young Man in Search of Love by Isaac Bashevis Singer. This novel combines the psychological, philosophical, and sociological dilemmas of a young person with the realities of his own culture and his historical time period. We realize how his Jewish and Yiddish traditional cultural heritage can interact with the frame of the modern times he lives in, and also with the way that he feels about himself. The meaning of life and the way he can deal with his individual freedom and with his relationships in order to reach a deeper understanding of himself are topics present throughout the novel. Reader-response criticism is used in order to better understand the relationship between the fictional character and the writer.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2025
- Issue No: 40
- Page Range: 124-131
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English
