LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 14:9 September 2014
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
         C. Subburaman, Ph.D. (Economics)
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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Creative Versus Destructive Powers in Norman Mailer’s
An American Dream

Dr. S. Joy Isabella

Abstract

Norman Mailer occupies a position of distinction and eminence in modern American fiction. The basic concern in his work is to provide great psychological depth to the portrayal of social reality and to depict dramatically important social issues. He is the projector of cultural heritage. He depicts the inherent dignity and reasoning capacities of all human beings. He used novel as a vehicle for conveying his understanding of the contemporary world. In this paper, social justice, moral stability, ethical standards, political awareness and humanism are analyzed.

Key words: Norman Mailer, American Dream, cultural heritage

Introduction

Mailer has positively presented his human concern through effective themes. Two major themes can be perceived in all of Mailer’s fiction. They are social ills and the plight of an individual in contemporary society. Though the themes are universal, Mailer differs from others in perspective, in responding to the helplessness of an individual society. His writing is concerned with social and cultural factors, the great expansion of sociology, war, brutality, depression and unemployment, the implications of money, class and ideology, the individual sentiments and sensibilities that grew out of such a history.

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Dr. S. Joy Isabella
Assistant Professor of English
Kumuraguru College of Technology
Coimbatore – 641 006
Tamilnadu
India
joy_bacas@yahoo.co.in
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