LITERARY WORKS AS MANIFESTOS
Autor (i): Georgiana Mīndreci
JEL: I21, I29.
Cuvinte cheie: Themes and patterns; J. D. Salinger; outcast; quest; protest; phoniness
Abstract:
It is not difficult at all to talk about literary creations as quests, initiations or manifestos since the writers’ literary geniuses fulfil this inner need of using art as a tool of expressing attitudes towards or against the outside world that surrounds them. There is a myriad of examples in point throughout the literature of all times and cultures, but I believe that the modern one presents a more grounded approach in an attempt to exemplify the power and impact of such a literary creation on generations of young people worldwide. And what better example could I think of if not J. D. Salinger’s novel “The Catcher in the Rye”? This article tries to outline the most important themes and patterns in the novel and connect them to other relevant and similar ones.
It is not difficult at all to talk about literary creations as quests, initiations or manifestos since the writers’ literary geniuses fulfil this inner need of using art as a tool of expressing attitudes towards or against the outside world that surrounds them. There is a myriad of examples in point throughout the literature of all times and cultures, but I believe that the modern one presents a more grounded approach in an attempt to exemplify the power and impact of such a literary creation on generations of young people worldwide. And what better example could I think of if not J. D. Salinger’s novel “The Catcher in the Rye”? This article tries to outline the most important themes and patterns in the novel and connect them to other relevant and similar ones.
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