Textual Design and Moral Response in Three Novels by Mordecai Richler

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Textual Design and Moral Response in Three Novels by Mordecai Richler
Abstract
The author analyzes the effects of the design strategies that Montreal author Mordecai Richler (1931-2001) employs in three novels -- Son of a Smaller Hero (1955), The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1959), and St Urbain's Horseman (1971) -- with a view to exploring Richler's thematic concern with morality in the modern world. The author argues that these novels form a group that traces the life of one man, exploring the various moral dilemmas he faces on the journey from youth to adulthood. Thus, the author contends, Richler's novels encourage readers to formulate and to defend their own moral positions in relation to the fictional worlds and characters while reflexively enacting the difficulty of making moral judgments.
Type
Master's Thesis
University
University of Ottawa
Place
Ottawa, ON
Date
1993
# of Pages
iii-114p.
Language
en
Citation
Robbeson, Angela. “Textual Design and Moral Response in Three Novels by Mordecai Richler.” Master’s Thesis, University of Ottawa, 1993.
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