Self-deconstruction and Alienation―An Existential Reading of The Anatomy Lesson
Abstract
The Anatomy Lesson is the third book of the “Zuckerman Trilogy†of Philip Roth. The protagonist Nathan Zuckerman, tortured by the untraceable pain, tries to give up the identity of being a writer and illusioned to be a doctor. Basic on careful reading, with Satre’s Existentialism and Foucault’s theory of madness, this paper tries to analyze Zuckerman’s living state, living conditions and free choices. Zuckerman’s self-deconstruction and alienation reveals modern people’s loneliness and pain and the influence of Existentialism on Philip Roth.References
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