Research Articles Issue 2 · 2015 · pp. 169–174 · Issue page

FEATURES OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL NOVEL OF JOHN STEINBECK

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1 Associate professor PhD, „Constantin Brâncuși” University of Târgu Jiu, România
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Accepted 27 March 2026
Available Online 15 November 2015
THE NOVELIST CAREER OF JOHN STEINBECK MAINTAIN HIM CONSEQUENTLY TO THE END OF A PROCESS INVOLVING FIRST A DELIBERATE DISTANCING FROM THE OBJECT REPRESENTED. BUT ALTHOUGH THE WRITER INTENDS TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION OF A LOYAL REPORTER IN THE TRANSPOSITION OF THE FACTS HIS NOVEL REVEAL A COMMENT WHICH IS NOT ALWAYS WELL CONCEALED. AS IT IS K NOWN, OF THE TRADITIONAL NOVEL IT IS CHARACTERISTIC THE AUTHORIZED VOICE OF THE AUTHOR. REFUSING THE DIRECTLY COMMENT, BUT STEINBECK USES A FORMULA THAT REALLY COVERS THE AUTHOR'S VOICE, ALTHOUGH NOT ONLY DID NOT REDUCE THE MORALIZING ACCENTS, BUT RATHER AMPLIFIES THEM. USUALLY HE USES AN INCIDENT FROM THE LIFE OF ANIMALS, WHICH, INSERTED INTO NARRATIVE APPARENTLY WITH THE AIR OF IMPARTIALITY USUAL DOES IS TO SHINE FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE AUTHOR, CERTAIN SIDES OF THAT LIFE PRESENTED OR OF THE CHARACTERS INVOLVED IN ACTION.
PSYCHOLOGICAL INTROSPECTION OBJECTIVITY DRAMATICALLY SUBJECTIVE
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Frederich Hoffman, The Modern Novel in America, Chicago, Gateway, 1963.
[2]
John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, Ed. Polirom, Colectia Biblioteca John Steinbeck, 2007.
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