Abstract
Norman Mailer (1923-2007) is one the most important figures among the American Writers, an extremely influenced personality in the post-world war II American Literature. He is best known for his first war novel The Naked and the Dead (1948), which is a commentary on the American society. Hence, the present study is an attempt to investigate and reflect the social ills and fragmentation, misery and the overwhelming social and political restraints that formed the American atmosphere at that time. Mailer is interested in what happens in the contemporary American society. His aim is to depict the national rituals of American life. The researcher in this study seeks to identify the literary aspects reflected and drawn in The Naked and the Dead that make us categorize it as a novel of manners for it is satiric and realistic in depiction, in which Mailer unprecedentedly characterizes the social mores, evils and customs that are characteristic of a particular class of people in a specific historical context. The descriptive approach along with detailed analysis is utilized in conducting the present study. The conclusion sums up the most important findings of the study.
Highlights
In 1944, Mailer spent his Army service in the Philippines
Master of Arts, the Ohio State University, in which he analyzed the period of postworld war II in the novels of Mailer and depicted them as a commentary of the atrocity of the American society during that period
The present paper is an attempt to investigate the literary aspects that depict and categorize The Naked and the Dead (1948) as a novel of manners, in which Mailer reflects the evils of society and satirizes them for the social uplifting
Summary
In 1944, Mailer spent his Army service in the Philippines He recounted his experiences there in his first novel, The Naked and the Dead, which earned much critical and popular acclaim. (2007) entitled “Norman Mailer: An American aesthetic”, University of Essex (United Kingdom) conducted a comprehensive study of the work of the American author Norman Mailer, charting his response to critical events in his country's development since 1945. Focusing on Mailer's descriptions of World War II, 1960s counter-culture and the Vietnam War. The study of Andrew Marino (1992) entitled “Heroic image in three American writers: Norman Mailer, Saul Bellow and Philip Roth” revealed the conception of hero among three American writers. Master of Arts, the Ohio State University, in which he analyzed the period of postworld war II in the novels of Mailer and depicted them as a commentary of the atrocity of the American society during that period. Mailer's journalistic techniques, his often spontaneous and engaged responses, are defined within the context of the social conflicts of the late 1960s
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