Author: Niyozov, Jumanazar

Annotation: John Steinbeck was unquestionably an author greatly concerned with the struggle of the American working class. His many novels are considered the proletarian novel, which is motivated by didactic aims. The examination of John Steinbeck as a radical novelist encompasses decades of evolution for both America as well as for the author himself. By examining three of Steinbeck’s most left bound novels it becomes clear that his works not only adopt leftist principles, but also exhibit an ongoing struggle for Steinbeck to define his own philosophical and political views, which happen to share several common themes with Marxism.

Keywords: proletarian novel, Marxism, the proletariat, the phalanx, the group-man, Dust Bowl migrants, collective identity.

Pages in journal: 1120 - 1128