Self-deconstruction and Alienation―An Existential Reading of The Anatomy Lesson
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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.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18282/l-e.v10i5.2714
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