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- ItemPojetí Amerického snu v díle Kdo chytá v žitě J.D. Salingera a Americká idyla P. Rotha(Technická Univerzita v Liberci, 2012) Skrášková, Ema; Vernyik, ZénóThis thesis deals with one of the world?s most widespread myths ? the American dream. The text consists of two parts. The first one describes its origin, development and characteristics. The attention is paid to its different conceptions in the Eastern and Western part of the States and its criticism. The second part focuses on the representation of the American dream in literature, precisely in The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger and American Pastoral by Philip Roth. It is proved that in these novels the American dream is not shown as such a splendid idea, since it fails regarding the expectations of those who believe in it. Seymour Levov himself, the protagonist of American pastoral, and Holden Caulfield from The Catcher in the Rye who denounces these fails are proved to be such people.