The American Reality under Science Fiction——On the Identity Crisis and the Research of the Way out in Hazards of Time Travel
Hazards of Time Travel is a science fiction in the late period of Oates's creation.The novel describes the tragedy of two protagonists who fall into the identity crisis.Oates criticizes the states quo from the perspec-tive of individual tragic fate.This paper takes the process of identical deconstruction as a clue to analyze the deep causes of the tragic fate of the characters,and probes into Oates's creative view and her realism style.The highly coincident background of the novel and the author's own growth experience also reflects Oates's strong sense of social moral responsibility and traditional cultural awareness.
Joyce Carol OatesHazards of Time Travelidentity crisisrealism