The Author: Justyna Kociatkiewicz teaches in the Institute of English Studies, University of Wrocław (Poland), having completed her doctoral dissertation in 2001. She has published on various issues of contemporary American novel, especially the work of Saul Bellow and Don DeLillo. Her interests center on the problem of death, conspiracy and paranoia in contemporary American culture.

• Contents: Saul Bellow’s novels – Literary genre – Bildungsroman – Antibildungsroman – Apprenticeship in the art of living – Socialization – Individual development – Human nature – Nature of the universe – Postmodernism.

The Author: Justyna Kociatkiewicz teaches in the Institute of English Studies, University of Wrocław (Poland), having completed her doctoral dissertation in 2001. She has published on various issues of contemporary American novel, especially the work of Saul Bellow and Don DeLillo. Her interests center on the problem of death, conspiracy and paranoia in contemporary American culture.

• Contents: Saul Bellow’s novels – Literary genre – Bildungsroman – Antibildungsroman – Apprenticeship in the art of living – Socialization – Individual development – Human nature – Nature of the universe – Postmodernism.

The Author: Justyna Kociatkiewicz teaches in the Institute of English Studies, University of Wrocław (Poland), having completed her doctoral dissertation in 2001. She has published on various issues of contemporary American novel, especially the work of Saul Bellow and Don DeLillo. Her interests center on the problem of death, conspiracy and paranoia in contemporary American culture.

• Contents: Saul Bellow’s novels – Literary genre – Bildungsroman – Antibildungsroman – Apprenticeship in the art of living – Socialization – Individual development – Human nature – Nature of the universe – Postmodernism.