<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>From Philip Roth’s characater Merry Levov in American Pastoral to real-life figures such as the perpetrators of the Columbine massacre, the young domestic terrorist has become the archetype of a dramatic and unpredictable social and political climate. This paper intends to explore the real and fictional avatars of this contemporary anti-hero, its dynamics and specific place in contemporary imagination.</p></abstract>

From Philip Roth’s characater Merry Levov in American Pastoral to real-life figures such as the perpetrators of the Columbine massacre, the young domestic terrorist has become the archetype of a dramatic and unpredictable social and political climate. This paper intends to explore the real and fictional avatars of this contemporary anti-hero, its dynamics and specific place in contemporary imagination.

The American Beserk. Young Terrorists as Archetypes in Contemporary American Culture

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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From Philip Roth’s characater Merry Levov in American Pastoral to real-life figures such as the perpetrators of the Columbine massacre, the young domestic...

The American Beserk. Young Terrorists as Archetypes in Contemporary American Culture

Published Online: Dec 05, 2019

Page range: 71 - 76

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2019-0009

Keywords
terrorism and literature, Columbine shooting, gun culture, school shootings, adolescent terrorists

© 2019 Gabriela Glăvan, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

The American Beserk. Young Terrorists as Archetypes in Contemporary American Culture

Published Online: Dec 05, 2019

Page range: 71 - 76

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2019-0009

Keywordsterrorism and literature, Columbine shooting, gun culture, school shootings, adolescent terrorists

© 2019 Gabriela Glăvan, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
terrorism and literature, Columbine shooting, gun culture, school shootings, adolescent terrorists