THE JEWISH AMERICAN PROSE AND BERNARD MALAMUD
THE JEWISH AMERICAN PROSE AND BERNARD MALAMUD

Summary/Abstract: The Jewish American prose became an integral part of American literature during the 20th century, in adding a new immigrant voice to the literary mainstream. One of these major Jewish American writers is Bernard Malamud (1914 – 1986), who used mostly Jewish characters and themes to convey universal values. This paper makes a short introduction to the Jewish American prose, including a brief comparison of Malamud with Philip Roth and Saul Bellow, and then tries to throw light on the treatment of the themes of humanism, and redemptive suffering, by focusing on the author‟s major novels and short stories.

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