Individualism was born in the Renaissance and it passed through several stages until it reached its present status. Individualism-subjectivity is present in the modern, 20th century, novel, but it was very much present also in the novel of the last century. In our century we are aware of crumbling of the dam of traditional narrative and, connected therewith, the rise of novelistic experiments is an attempt »to find ways of putting the reader in the mind of a novel’s main character or characters«, who are usually »anti-heroes«. A large number of both English and American authors illustrate such examples.
