Abstract:In Sabbath's Theater (1995), Philip Roth returns to his themes of predilection, namely art, sexuality, identity, and American society, but reexamines them through the mediation of theatricality, a concept used to illuminate a wide range of cultural phenomena and communicative processes. This article investigates the cultural, sexual, and identity politics that the narrative considers while constructing a monumental character, Mickey Sabbath, a theater man par excellence, who accumulates a wide range of theatrical positions to severely critique American culture and the narrowness of the American mind.
{"title":"Theatricality in Philip Roth's Sabbath's Theater","authors":"Aristi Trendel","doi":"10.1353/prs.2022.0018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/prs.2022.0018","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:In Sabbath's Theater (1995), Philip Roth returns to his themes of predilection, namely art, sexuality, identity, and American society, but reexamines them through the mediation of theatricality, a concept used to illuminate a wide range of cultural phenomena and communicative processes. This article investigates the cultural, sexual, and identity politics that the narrative considers while constructing a monumental character, Mickey Sabbath, a theater man par excellence, who accumulates a wide range of theatrical positions to severely critique American culture and the narrowness of the American mind.","PeriodicalId":37093,"journal":{"name":"Philip Roth Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44298062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:Nemesis (2010), Roth's plague novel, presents a world glutted with the "scorches" and stains of bodily data that elsewhere singly identify Rothian character. Tactile sensations flare vibrant and deadly in a community on fire, as Nemesis asks how the "little cell" of protagonicity at its center, Bucky Cantor, can have a meaningful relationship with bodily matter once it is reconstrued as toxic. This article argues that as a destabilized realist novel, Nemesis reflects critically on the fate of fictive character when the human has been "unmasked" as naked data.
{"title":"\"The Little Cell Called Your Life\": The Scorch of Character and Bodily Data in Philip Roth's Nemesis","authors":"Michael Jones","doi":"10.1353/prs.2022.0017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/prs.2022.0017","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Nemesis (2010), Roth's plague novel, presents a world glutted with the \"scorches\" and stains of bodily data that elsewhere singly identify Rothian character. Tactile sensations flare vibrant and deadly in a community on fire, as Nemesis asks how the \"little cell\" of protagonicity at its center, Bucky Cantor, can have a meaningful relationship with bodily matter once it is reconstrued as toxic. This article argues that as a destabilized realist novel, Nemesis reflects critically on the fate of fictive character when the human has been \"unmasked\" as naked data.","PeriodicalId":37093,"journal":{"name":"Philip Roth Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49481276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:Through a comparative reading of Chris Kraus's novel Torpor (2006) and Philip Roth's novel The Counterlife (1986), this essay develops a theory of Jewish affect that privileges negative feelings as key to articulating counterhegemonic political and ethnic Jewish American identities. Drawing, in part, on the work of Benjamin Schreier and other scholars who have sought to broaden the field of Jewish American Literary Studies, this essay argues that affect also permits the inclusion of a writer like Kraus whose fiction might otherwise be dismissed as insufficiently knowledgeable about Jewish religious or linguistic experience. The writings of Kraus and Roth engage with the question of the primacy of Jewish identity in late-twentieth-century America, posing negative feelings as anarchic but ultimately central to a contemporary Jewishness that does not seek to ally itself with power. The essay argues both that Jewish American Literary Studies would benefit from a deeper engagement with affect theory, and also that negative or "minor" affects are particularly significant as vectors of political meaning-making in a Jewish American context.
{"title":"\"Why Do You Pretend to Be So Detached from Your Jewish Feelings?\": Toward an Affective Reading of Jewish Diaspora","authors":"Jacqueline Krass","doi":"10.1353/prs.2022.0000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/prs.2022.0000","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Through a comparative reading of Chris Kraus's novel Torpor (2006) and Philip Roth's novel The Counterlife (1986), this essay develops a theory of Jewish affect that privileges negative feelings as key to articulating counterhegemonic political and ethnic Jewish American identities. Drawing, in part, on the work of Benjamin Schreier and other scholars who have sought to broaden the field of Jewish American Literary Studies, this essay argues that affect also permits the inclusion of a writer like Kraus whose fiction might otherwise be dismissed as insufficiently knowledgeable about Jewish religious or linguistic experience. The writings of Kraus and Roth engage with the question of the primacy of Jewish identity in late-twentieth-century America, posing negative feelings as anarchic but ultimately central to a contemporary Jewishness that does not seek to ally itself with power. The essay argues both that Jewish American Literary Studies would benefit from a deeper engagement with affect theory, and also that negative or \"minor\" affects are particularly significant as vectors of political meaning-making in a Jewish American context.","PeriodicalId":37093,"journal":{"name":"Philip Roth Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41484487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Testaments Betrayed: A Response to Those Wishing to Preserve Roth's Private Papers and Make Them Readily Available to Researchers","authors":"James Duban","doi":"10.1353/prs.2022.0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/prs.2022.0011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37093,"journal":{"name":"Philip Roth Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44891287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Affiliated Identities in Jewish American Literature by David Hadar","authors":"Roberta Klimt","doi":"10.1353/prs.2022.0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/prs.2022.0012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37093,"journal":{"name":"Philip Roth Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47105194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:Most of the Jewish men in Operation Shylock (1993) are somehow disabled, often as the result of an orthopedic injury. This trope can be read as a reflection of the ancient anti-Semitic slander that the Jewish body is inherently deformed. This essay demonstrates how Roth displaces this stereotype with reference to the orthopedic injury suffered by the Biblical patriarch Jacob when he wrestles with an unidentified adversary, known only as the ish, and argues that the author uses this trope to illustrate the struggles of the modern-day Jewish man with his own "Jewish conscience" about his personal responsibility to the State of Israel.
{"title":"The Operated Roth: Jewish Male Body Image and the Search for Zionist Identity in Philip Roth's Operation Shylock","authors":"K. Bloom","doi":"10.1353/prs.2022.0016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/prs.2022.0016","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Most of the Jewish men in Operation Shylock (1993) are somehow disabled, often as the result of an orthopedic injury. This trope can be read as a reflection of the ancient anti-Semitic slander that the Jewish body is inherently deformed. This essay demonstrates how Roth displaces this stereotype with reference to the orthopedic injury suffered by the Biblical patriarch Jacob when he wrestles with an unidentified adversary, known only as the ish, and argues that the author uses this trope to illustrate the struggles of the modern-day Jewish man with his own \"Jewish conscience\" about his personal responsibility to the State of Israel.","PeriodicalId":37093,"journal":{"name":"Philip Roth Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66302672","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Old Obfuscations and New Conversations","authors":"Samuel Kessler, Timothy L. Parrish","doi":"10.1353/prs.2022.0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/prs.2022.0002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37093,"journal":{"name":"Philip Roth Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44793739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:Previous research on Philip Roth's short story "The Conversion of the Jews" (1958) has focused on the protagonist Ozzie's personal struggle with Judaism as he prepares for his Bar Mitzvah. However, during these lessons, Ozzie asks provocative questions that challenge the foundation of Judaism. Roth confronts the reader with two interpretations of Judaism: a canonical one, personified by Rabbi Binder, and Ozzie's more radical approach. Operating outside of clearly defined theological parameters, Ozzie's naïve attitude opens Judaism to fresh, non-Jewish interpretations and asks such provocative questions as whether a conversion to Christianity can be an answer for modern Jewish Americans. Although Ozzie chooses Christianity as a myopic solution for his identity struggle, Roth knows that conversion is not really an option. In search of an American Judaism that fits Jewish Americans, this study, like Ozzie himself, will meet at the crossroads of theological doctrine and literary criticism.
{"title":"Jewish Conversion Theory: Philip Roth's \"The Conversion of the Jews\"","authors":"H. Heep","doi":"10.1353/prs.2022.0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/prs.2022.0004","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Previous research on Philip Roth's short story \"The Conversion of the Jews\" (1958) has focused on the protagonist Ozzie's personal struggle with Judaism as he prepares for his Bar Mitzvah. However, during these lessons, Ozzie asks provocative questions that challenge the foundation of Judaism. Roth confronts the reader with two interpretations of Judaism: a canonical one, personified by Rabbi Binder, and Ozzie's more radical approach. Operating outside of clearly defined theological parameters, Ozzie's naïve attitude opens Judaism to fresh, non-Jewish interpretations and asks such provocative questions as whether a conversion to Christianity can be an answer for modern Jewish Americans. Although Ozzie chooses Christianity as a myopic solution for his identity struggle, Roth knows that conversion is not really an option. In search of an American Judaism that fits Jewish Americans, this study, like Ozzie himself, will meet at the crossroads of theological doctrine and literary criticism.","PeriodicalId":37093,"journal":{"name":"Philip Roth Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45230916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:Philip Roth's career was largely shaped by early criticism from Jewish leaders and organizations who were rankled by the less than savory Jewish characters in his first book, Goodbye, Columbus (1959). In particular, Roth's short story "Defender of the Faith," which depicted a Jewish soldier who uses his religion to shirk his military duties, prompted negative responses from a number of Jewish critics. While recent scholarship on Roth has often adopted Roth's claim that he was unfairly judged on what some perceived as his early unfavorable depictions of Jews and Jewish practice, the case is not as one-sided as Roth would have had his readers believe. This essay also takes a deeper look at some lesser-known material relating to Jewishness in Roth, including the Commentary letters responding to Roth's essay "Writing About Jews," and the Chofetz Chaim's thought on lashon hara (evil speech). During his career, Roth drew on Jewish sources such as the Chofetz Chaim and Vladimir Jabotinsky to provoke his critics while at the same time defending himself against charges of Jewish self-hatred.
摘要:菲利普·罗斯的职业生涯很大程度上受到犹太领袖和组织早期批评的影响，他们对他的第一本书《再见，哥伦布》(1959)中不那么令人愉快的犹太角色感到愤怒。特别是，罗斯的短篇小说《信仰的捍卫者》(Defender of the Faith)描写了一名犹太士兵利用自己的宗教信仰逃避兵役，引起了许多犹太评论家的负面反应。虽然最近关于罗斯的学术研究经常采用罗斯的说法，即他被不公平地评判，因为一些人认为他早期对犹太人和犹太人的习俗的描绘是不利的，但这种情况并不像罗斯想让他的读者相信的那样片面。这篇文章还深入探讨了罗斯的一些不太为人所知的与犹太性有关的材料，包括对罗斯的文章“关于犹太人的写作”的评论信，以及乔菲兹·查姆对lashon hara(邪恶言论)的思考。在他的职业生涯中，罗斯利用犹太人的资料，如《乔菲兹·查伊姆》和弗拉基米尔·贾博廷斯基，来激怒他的批评者，同时为自己辩护，反对犹太人自我仇恨的指控。
{"title":"Roth and the Jews: Another Look","authors":"Louis Gordon","doi":"10.1353/prs.2022.0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/prs.2022.0005","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Philip Roth's career was largely shaped by early criticism from Jewish leaders and organizations who were rankled by the less than savory Jewish characters in his first book, Goodbye, Columbus (1959). In particular, Roth's short story \"Defender of the Faith,\" which depicted a Jewish soldier who uses his religion to shirk his military duties, prompted negative responses from a number of Jewish critics. While recent scholarship on Roth has often adopted Roth's claim that he was unfairly judged on what some perceived as his early unfavorable depictions of Jews and Jewish practice, the case is not as one-sided as Roth would have had his readers believe. This essay also takes a deeper look at some lesser-known material relating to Jewishness in Roth, including the Commentary letters responding to Roth's essay \"Writing About Jews,\" and the Chofetz Chaim's thought on lashon hara (evil speech). During his career, Roth drew on Jewish sources such as the Chofetz Chaim and Vladimir Jabotinsky to provoke his critics while at the same time defending himself against charges of Jewish self-hatred.","PeriodicalId":37093,"journal":{"name":"Philip Roth Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44180907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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