FAMILY CAUGHT BETWEEN LEFT AND RIGHT IN ZADIE SMITH’S ON BEAUTY
FAMILY CAUGHT BETWEEN LEFT AND RIGHT IN ZADIE SMITH’S ON BEAUTY
Author(s): Milica RađenovićSubject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: campus novel; conservatism; family; liberalism;
Summary/Abstract: This paper analyzes the way a family, a basic social unit, is presented in Zadie Smith’s “On Beauty”(2005) and how core values are lost in two opposing families, one very liberal and the other very conservative. Despite having a completely different set of values, both families are similarly functional and dysfunctional, showing us they are only different on the outside.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 2014
- Issue No: 20
- Page Range: 93-100
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English