English 3033 American Literature after 1945

34. Some of our works (such as Native Son, The Great Gatsby, The Grapes of Wrath, Invisible Man, The Hairy Ape, A Streetcar Named Desire, Dutchman) feature a kind of “monster” as protagonist. This monster often dwells, Grendel-like, in a cave-like place, the underbelly of society, or rises out of the primal ooze of the underclass. ................
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