This book is an attempt to analyze and evaluate John Updike's Terrorist which stands as one of the most radical, unexpected works in Updike's highly diverse catalog. Set in the America changed by 9/11, the narrative gestures observations and reflections on American multiculturalism, religious radicalism, stereotypes, and the role of religion in human life. Terrorist, which also pivots on the revived discourses about Samuel Huntington's "clash of civilizations" arguments, also exploits the cliches propagated by Western media outlets. Despite Updike's gifted way with words, cliches and...
This book is an attempt to analyze and evaluate John Updike's Terrorist which stands as one of the most radical, unexpected works in Updike's highly d...
John Updike's The Coup is freewheeling satire that defines the relationship between the West and Africa. For many of Western authors, and Updike is not an exception, the appeal of Africa is its "Otherness," its difference from the contemporary West. The novel is a dramatization of the political events that characterized post-colonial Africa. It also concerns government mismanagement in the black continent, and has little details that showcase the Cold War post-colonial chaos that was sub-Saharan Africa. Through his imagery of Africa and Africans in The Coup, Updike seems to convey the...
John Updike's The Coup is freewheeling satire that defines the relationship between the West and Africa. For many of Western authors, and Updike is no...
