LEADER 02893oam 2200433 450 001 9910141754803321 005 20230617014730.0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000409860 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/90565 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000409860 100 $a20130908d2003 fu| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurm|#---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe citizen's voice$b[electronic resource] $etwentieth-century politics and literature /$fMichael Keren 210 $aCalgary$cUniversity of Calgary Press$d2003 210 1$aCalgary, Alberta :$cUniversity of Calgary Press,$d2003. 210 4$dİ2003 215 $a1 online resource (173 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 311 $a1-55238-669-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- We are not immortal --A bureaucratic nightmare --In quest of authenticity --Resisting Big Brother --No fire; no smoke; no rescue --Freedom and responsibility -- And History continues --Being there --Death of the novel? --Notes --Bibliography --Index. 330 $aMichael Keren traces the political lives and messages of some of the twentieth century's greatest literary characters in this insightful and jargon-free book of literary criticism. Hans Castorp (Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain), Joseph K. (Franz Kafka's The Trial), John the Savage (Aldous Huxley's Brave New World), Winston Smith (George Orwell's 1984), Ralph (William Golding's Lord of the Flies), Merusault (Albert Camus's The Stranger), Ida Ramundo (Elsa Morante's History), and Chauncey Gardiner (Jerzy Kosinski's Being There) participate in ideological, technological, and organizational projects of the twentieth century. Keren observes these infamous characters' behaviours and attitudes while they struggle through world wars, the rise and fall of totalitarianism, the Holocaust, the development of the atomic bomb, de-colonization, the Cold War, and globalization. Here is a refreshing contribution to civil society theory that makes a pioneering effort to cross the boundaries between politics, literature, and culture. A study of the human condition via literature, The Citizen's Voice expounds the key features of a "good citizen" while offering a perfect discussion piece for courses in political theory, politics and literature, and history. 606 $aLiterature$xModern 606 $aPolitics and literature 606 $aCivil society 615 0$aLiterature$xModern. 615 0$aPolitics and literature. 615 0$aCivil society. 676 $a809.93358 700 $aKeren $b Michael$0541038 702 $aKeren$b Michael$4oth 801 2$bUKMaJRU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910141754803321 996 $aThe citizen's voice$91973348 997 $aUNINA