МУЛЬТИКУЛЬТУРАЛИЗМ

The article considers a number of modern ideological systems, among which special attention is paid to multiculturalism, its manifestations at the social, cultural and linguistic levels. The basis for a joint examination of these three levels is the concept of a "dynamic model" that characterizes both the processes taking place in society, and cultural and linguistic processes.

The paper analyzes the complex relationship between becoming American and keeping up ethnic and religious traditions in immigrant  families as portrayed in the works of leading American Jewish novelists who entered the literary scene after the Second World War when the back-to-the-roots sentiment was on the rise driven by the expanding multiculturalist discourse. The writings of Saul Bellow, Alan Lelchuk and Philip Roth are discussed to illustrate the different stages in the reassessment of Jewish identity.