The thesis is a short novel, Adam's Navel, followed by a critical afterword. / The narrator, Sam Meir, a first year medical student at McGill University, recounts the events of the unsuccessful road trip from Montreal to Seattle that he made in the summer before his last year of undergraduate study. Sam attempts the trip with his girlfriend, but his increasing obsession with historical, and mythical figures disrupts their relationship and their travel plans. As the two travel deeper into the middle of America, Sam realizes he cannot leave his family or his past behind him. Thematically, Adam's Navel is a contemplation of the meaning of family, tradition, and the intense sense of gravity that results from an historical awareness. / The critical afterword explores the function of repetition in the transcendental narrative strategies of certain quasi-mythological heroes of the American canon, Huckleberry Finn and Nick Carraway. As is required, Sam's narration is included in the discussion.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.23727 |
| Date | January 1995 |
| Creators | Mitnick, Howard |
| Contributors | Reichertz, Ron (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Arts (Department of English.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001488710, proquestno: MM12059, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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