LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 15:2 February 2015
ISSN 1930-2940

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The Inner Journey of Man to Self-Discovery
– A Study of Saul Bellow’s Herzog

Mrs. Mythili. S., B.T in English

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Abstract

Due to its unique structure and characteristics, novel is considered as a genre where a variety of ideas find expressions. Works of fiction from various parts of the world show their peculiarities, along with their uniqueness in presenting the themes and the settings of the novels. One of the best features of American fiction is the way it has presented the sufferings of the people and their emergence into freedom by fighting against the social, emotional, racial and psychological barriers. Saul Bellow is one the advocates of the above ideal among American writers, who fought for the rights of the people to live. Bellow presents the many flaws that he has seen in modern civilization and its ability to foster madness, materialism and misleading knowledge. Bellow’s fiction and its principal characters reflect his own yearning for divine existence. They always possess heroic potential and the ability to stand against the negative forces of society. This research article aims at presenting the internal journey that the protagonists of Saul Bellow take in the novel Herzog in order to reach the desired destinations.

Key words: Features of American fiction, Saul Bellow, flaws of modern civilization, divine existence, self-discovery, Herzog

Introduction

Of all Bellow’s novels, Herzog (1964) remained his most popular one and it was on the bestseller list of New York Times for more than a year. This novel, without a plot, is built around a cuckolded professor, Moses Herzog. Bellow is known for negating interviewers and always keeps his private life very private. However, this novel is considered as a semi-autobiographic novel. It is said that Bellow has given all of his early life to his fictional creation, Moses Herzog, the protagonist of the novel.

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