Re-reading Saul Bellow’s Seize the Day and Tony Morrison’s The Bluest Eye: Re-Conceptualizing Identity for the “The Modern Man”
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2023
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UNIVERSITY OF ABBES LAGHROUR-KHENCHELA
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Abstract This dissertation examines the themes of identity and modern man in Saul Bellow's Seize the Day and Tony Morrison's novels. The study involves a critical re-combing of seize the day in light of the of theoretical perspectives on identity and modernity and analysis of Toni Morrison's work to identify common motifs related to the construction of identity in the context of modernity. The dissertation argues that both Bellow's and Morrison's works exhibit a concern with the nature of identity in the face of the challenges of modernity, which requires a reconceptualization of the self. Through analysis of these novels, this dissertation aims to explore how the relationship between modernity and identity is portrayed in contemporary literature and what implications such portrayals have for understanding of these concepts. The study concludes by suggesting that the themes of identity and modernity in these works reflect broader cultural concerns and that they offer valuable insights into the complexities of the human conditions in contemporary society.