Philip roth's creative process

In his creative career of more than 40 years, Ross has published 28 works, which have won a large number of readers-also because his works are rich in themes and profound in meaning, and often involve the most sensitive and acute problems in contemporary American society, especially among Jewish immigrants, such as identity alienation, betrayal and return, the gap between two generations of immigrants, the variation of moral values and so on. His independent thinking and bold exposure of these issues made him a controversial figure, and the explicit sexual description in his works made him criticized as a "porn writer". There are many people who admire or scoff at his novels, but it is an indisputable fact that Ross's popularity is increasing day by day, and each of his works has attracted much attention and heated discussion. Both literary critics and ordinary readers are full of expectations and enthusiasm for his creation. This phenomenon of "appealing to both refined and popular tastes" is rare in contemporary literature.

Judging from the changes in artistic techniques, Ross's creation can be roughly divided into three stages.

The first stage is from 1959 to 1969. The main works during the period of 10 include Goodbye Columbus, Let Go (1962), When She is Good (1967) and Portnoy's Complaint.

The second stage is the whole1980s. The representative works of this10s are Our Gang (197 1), Breasts (1972) and My Life as a Man. 1974) and the articles published by Professor Desire in 1977. During this period, Ross's creation mainly imitated the modernist style.

In the last stage, with the writer of ghost talent (1979) as the turning point, he went to the post-modernism experimental writing stage, with more diverse styles, even breaking the routine and mixing various schools to make a big fuss.