@article{152ef2ca-3ea6-4355-a95b-344937060bef,
author = {Zygmunt Mazur},
title = {William Styron’s Sophie’s Choice: Can “faults” become assets?},
journal = {Studia Litteraria Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis},
volume = {2015},
number = {Volume 10, Issue 2},
year = {2015},
issn = {1897-3035},
pages = {153-161},keywords = {Styron; Sophie’s Choice; holocaust fiction; Styron criticism.},
abstract = {The article examines critical responses to Styron’s controversial novel Sophie’s Choice, and argues that precisely those aspects of the novel that have been the most severely criticized – the sudden changes in narrative technique, the mixing of different genres, the parallels between Poland and America, the comparisons between a slave plantation and a concentration camp, as well as the use of atypical characters – are exactly what makes the novel powerful. Those “faults” serve a universalizing function. The strength of the novel, and its lasting impact, stem from the fact that it is ultimately a moral book.
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doi = {10.4467/20843933ST.15.013.4104},
url = {https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/studia-litteraria-uic/artykul/william-styrons-sophies-choice-can-faults-become-assets}
}