My Monograph

Table of Contents

Acknowledgement

Dedication

Table of contents

Introduction ................................................................... i

Biography of Sinclair Lewis .................................................... iii

Chapter One: Background to Babbitt

1.1 Lewis satiric style .............................................. 1

1.2 George F. Babbitt Story ........................................ 4

1.3 Babbittry ......................................................... 7

Chapter Two: Babbitt; the Conformist, the Hypocrite & the Rebel

2.1 Conformity ...................................................... 9

2.2 Hypocrisy ....................................................... 11

2.3 Rebellion ........................................................ 14

Conclusion .............................................................................. 16

Works Cited

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Acknowledgment

Much of my gratitude and merit goes for my supervisor; Prof. MABROUKI Driss for his insightful guidance and valuable share in preparing this Mini-Monograph.

My gratitude goes also for everyone who helped me in realizing this work, And for all English Department teachers; especially those who would recognize my name.

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Dedication

I dedicate this humble work to:

My parents

My brothers

 Rachid

 Mounir

My friends

 B. Boubker

 N. Mohamed

 S. Yousuf

My room-mate

 H. Abderzak

To someone dear and important in my life: Hajar.

To all my classmates (S6 - G2)

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Lewis's Biography:

He was born Harry Sinclair Lewis on February 7, 1885, in the small town of Sauk Centre, Minnesota, Son of Dr. Edwin J. Lewis and Emma kermott Lewis. His childhood was awkward and lonely, but he was able to survive his youth in Sauk Centre.

He went first to Oberlin academy for a year of college preparatory work, and then to Yale university, where he excelled in languages and the study of poetry. He dropped out for a year in order to travel. During this time Lewis also read widely, particularly about the progressive political theories that were circulating at the time. He then returned to Yale, graduated in 1908 embarked on journalism career in which he held various editorial posts with newspapers and magazines. Finally, ending up in New York in 1910, he worked as a manuscript reader and press agent for a publishing house.

In doing this type of work, Lewis learned a great deal about the reading tastes of the American public. He began to write his own short fiction and to try his hand at writing novels.