Творчість Джонатана Троппера як література нової щирості

Abstract

The paper is devoted to the study of the literature of new sincerity as a contemporary literary phenomenon that emerges in response to postmodernism. The manifestations of the phenomena of new sincerity in different national cultures are studied. The work of the American writer Jonathan Tropper is analysed through the prism of ethics and aesthetics of new sincerity. Among his works analysed are «This is where I leave you», «The book of Joe» and «How to talk to a widower». Particular attention is paid to the representation of the problems of loneliness, family values, the influence of unclosed gestalts of the past and the search for authenticity.