SHADES OF PASSING: THE DIALECTIC OF IDENTITY IN PHILIP ROTH’S THE HUMAN STAIN AND WILLIAM FAULKNER’S LIGHT IN AUGUST

The paper takes a closer look at the phenomenon of racial passing as form of cultural transition: as transformation of identity, i.e. as changing of the Self in William Faulkner’s Light in August and Philip Roth’s The Human Stain. The aim of the paper is to try to show the way the two main charact...

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Main Author: Sonja Novak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bucharest University Press 2022-02-01
Series:University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series
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Online Access:http://ubr.rev.unibuc.ro/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/SonjaNovak.pdf