The Analysis Of Novel Characters’ Identity Dilemma In The Contemporary American Jewish Literature From Herzog

Jewry’s traditional culture and complicated experience endow Jewish writers with inherent nation sense of mission and sense of historical responsibility, that’s also the reason why even far away from motherland, Jewish writers still be concerned about Jewry’s destiny and future, and never forget to use their unique writing way to express recall to history and introspection to actuality. The article tries to analyse a contemporary American jewish writer-Saul Bellow’s opus, especially his master work-Herzog within the perspective of culture identity. Through analysis of contemporary American jewish literature’s Jewishness which endowed by Jewish traditional ethics ideology, the article tries to indicate characters’ identity dilemma alienation in American jewish literature works which leaded by the conflict and combination between Jewish traditional ideology and contemporary American, then emerges characters’ psychological progress.This thesis totally separates five parts, which contains three chapters. As the introduction, the first section mainly expounds three questions about contemporary American-Jewry:the definition of American-Jewry; the character of American-Jewry; the theme of contemporary American-Jewry Literature. In the next three chapters, the first chapter states the brief introduction and characteristic of Bellow’s opus, through summarize his creating theme to show his opus’ typical. The second chapter states some Saul Bellow’s opus, and analyzes the personages’ cultural identity. The third chapter first elaborates the reason of Herzog’s identity dilemma and the two expressions of anxieties. Then, combining the text to analyze the actively fight, pursue self and finally regenerate of Herzog. The epilogue section basic on the conclusion of foregoing chapters to figure inside out the identity dilemma of contemporary American-Jewry Literature.