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Steinbeck, John, --1902-1968;

Abstract

John Steinbeck demonstrates a shift from the group hero, in some of his earlier novels, to the individual hero in his later novels. It is evident that in East of Eden and The Winter of Our Discontent Steinbeck is more concerned with the individual human being than he was in such earlier novels as Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath. A contrast with two novels which fall in an earlier period, 1940 and before, will clarify the development of the individual man as hero in Steinbeck's later novels. Steinbeck changes his emphasis from the group, in Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath, to the individual, in East of Eden and The Winter of Our Discontent.

Year of Submission

1966

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Department

Department of Languages and Literatures

First Advisor

Robert Ward

Second Advisor

Robert J. Dalziel

Third Advisor

David R. Bluhm

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Date Original

1966

Object Description

1 PDF file (131 leaves)

Language

en

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application/pdf

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