Common features in contemporary American novels

Scholarly Paper (Advanced Seminar) aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Amerikanistik - Literatur, einseitig bedruckt, Note: 1,0, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Veranstaltung: Contemporary american novels, 16 Eintragungen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Englisch, Abstract: Comparison of three novels: : "The Time of our Singing" by Richard Powers, "Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri and "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides.The authors, sharing the common cultural space, share also similar experiences and face similar problems. Coming from quite different backgrounds they might have more in common than it could seem at a first glance.