RT Journal Article
T1 Understanding the Other Europe: Philip Roth’s Writings on Prague.
A1 Bryla, Martyna Marika
K1 Escritores disidentes - Europa oriental
K1 Comunismo
K1 Kafka, Franz (1883-1924)
AB The  aim  of  this  essay   is  to  explore  the  representation  and  significance  of  post-war Prague in the works of one of the finest contemporary  American authors, Philip  Roth. Kafka’s  hometown  is  the  locale  of The  Prague  Orgy (1985)  and   one  of   David  Kepesh’s stops on his summer tour of Europe in The  Professor  of  Desire (1977).  It also  features  prominently  in the interviews  and  conversations  conducted  with  and  by Roth at the time when the Iron  Curtain still separated Eastern Europe from the rest of the world. This essay analyzes Roth’s take on the complex Czechoslovak reality and discusses how the writer’s travels to  Prague  and  his  friendship   with  dissident  authors shaped  his  views  on  the  nature  of  literature  and  the  position  of  the  writer  in  society. The  author  also  argues  that  through  his  writing  Roth  challenges  certain  Western stereotypes about cultural life under communism
PB Editorial de la Universidad de Sevilla
YR 2013
FD 2013
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/32803
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/32803
LA eng
NO Bryla, M. (2013). Understanding the other Europe: Philip Roth’s writings on Prague. Revista de Estudios Norteamericanos, 17, 13–24.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 21 ene 2026