Abstract
This essay compares Italo Svevo’s Zeno’s Conscience and Philip Roth’s Portnoy’s Complaint , focusing on the use of psychoanalysis as a literary stratagem. The many surprising similarities between the two novels, both in terms of plot and narrative technique, strongly suggest that Zeno’s Conscience served Roth if not as a model, at least as an inspiration. The essay also reflects on the differences between Zeno and Portnoy .
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