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IMAGE OF AMERICA IN MICHAEL CHABON’S NOVELS
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Ol'ga Borisovna Karasik
Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University
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Submitted:
February 4, 2014
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Abstract.
The article deals with the image of America as it is presented in the novels by M. Chabon, one of the most famous contemporary American authors. The author of the article focuses her attention on the writer’ three main works – The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay and The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, where the image of America at the end of the XX
th – the beginning of the 21
st century is shown with the help of satire. Using postmodernistic devices the writer plays with national stereotypes and the phenomena of mass culture.
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Key words and phrases:
образ Америки
постмодернизм
массовая культура
национальные стереотипы
этническое своеобразие
image of America
postmodernism
mass culture
national stereotypes
ethnic peculiarities
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