Literature and Politics in E.L.Doctorow s Ragtime——from the Perspective of New Historicism

New Historicism was put forward by Stephen Greenblatt,a professor of California University of America.Here,the basic theory of New Historicism is expounded: the politicization of texts and the historicization of politics.New historicism argues that literature participates in the creation od history through expounding the power of politics and control.No works can escape the influence of the political ideology dominating at the time.On the other hand,it pushes the shaping of such ideology.Conflicts between v...