Title: | W poszukiwaniu szczęścia - wędrowki bohaterów w "Siostrze Carrie" Theodora Dreisera |
Authors: | Woźniakowska, Agnieszka |
Keywords: | Theodor Dreiser; Siostra Carrie; literatura amerykańska |
Issue Date: | 2011 |
Publisher: | Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego |
Citation: | T. Pyzik, A. Woźniakowska (red.), "Wielkie tematy literatury amerykańskiej. T. 5, Podróże, wędrówki, włóczęgi" (S. 126-136). Katowice : Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego |
Abstract: | This essay presents different types of journeys undertaken by the characters in Theodore
Dreiser’s novel Sister Carrie (1900). The aim of the journeys, both those made in a literal and
in metaphorical sense, is to achieve happiness, most often understood as financial success.
Few characters manage to achieve it; while some characters quickly climb the social ladder,
others fall to its bottom. This novel, showing the shallowness and superficiality of the American
Dream, lays emphasis on the simple truth, that money alone does not guarantee the
feeling of fulfillment. Therefore, unaware of what gives true happiness, man is “sentenced”
to constant searching. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12128/2142 |
ISBN: | 9788322620274 |
Appears in Collections: | Książki/rozdziały (W.Hum.)
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