Reality and Fantasy in the Novels of Mordecai Richler

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Title
Reality and Fantasy in the Novels of Mordecai Richler
Abstract
The author points out that as a novelist primarily concerned with morality and the survival of the individual in a hostile world, Montreal novelist Mordecai Richler (1931-2001)repeatedly demonstrated the tension between the fantasies of his characters and the actualities that confront them. The author describes fantasy as taken to represent the thought processes that produce daydreams, irrational fears, and wish-fulfillment, while reality is described as the actual world of the novel against which the characters pit themselves in their struggle for self-knowledge or success. The author argues that the characters who are successful in Richler's terms are those who are not so trapped in their fantasy worlds that they cannot transcend their limitations and the restrictions of their society to affirm the values of human decency, moral integrity, and perseverance.
Type
Master's thesis
University
McGill University
Place
Montreal
Date
1974
# of Pages
iii-95p.
Language
en
URL
Citation
Darling, Michael E. “Reality and Fantasy in the Novels of Mordecai Richler.” Master’s thesis, McGill University, 1974. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/-?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=127959&silo_library=GEN01.
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