The Myth of the Melting Pot - A Postmodernist Reading of E.L. Doctorow's "Ragtime"

dc.contributor.author	Nordén, Vera
dc.date.accessioned	2013-06-26T16:29:10Z
dc.date.available	2013-06-26T16:29:10Z
dc.date.issued	2013-06-26
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2077/33214
dc.description.abstract	In this essay the notion of the melting pot within E.L. Doctorow's "Ragtime" will be examined. In contradistinction to most previous research on "Ragtime", where the greatest focus is put on the American dream, this study will mainly emphasise the melting pot. The essay will question the validity of Ragtime's melting pot and argue that the concept within this fictional work is a myth. The research is based on a postmodernist reading of the novel where postmodernist features in "Ragtime" like the paradox, marginalisation, parody and identity will serve as evidence of the claim.	sv
dc.language.iso	eng	sv
dc.relation.ispartofseries	SPL kandidatuppsats i engelska	sv
dc.relation.ispartofseries	SPL 2013-020	sv
dc.subject	Doctorow	sv
dc.subject	Ragtime	sv
dc.subject	Melting Pot	sv
dc.subject	postmodernism	sv
dc.subject	Myth	sv
dc.title	The Myth of the Melting Pot - A Postmodernist Reading of E.L. Doctorow's "Ragtime"	sv
dc.type	Text
dc.setspec.uppsok	HumanitiesTheology
dc.type.uppsok	M2
dc.contributor.department	University of Gothenburg/Department of Languages and Literatures	eng
dc.contributor.department	Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer	swe
dc.type.degree	Student essay