CONTENTS:- 1. Postmodernity 2. Postmodernity Philosophy 3. Postmodern Philosophy 4. Globalisation and Postmodernism 5. Postmodernism and Interpretation of Biblical Texts 6. Postmodern Thoughts of Kurt Vonnegut 7. Postmodernism in the Works of James Joyce 8. Postmodernist Writings of Thomas Pynchon 9. Critical Reading 10. Literary Criticism 11. Forces Driving Literary Modernism
DESCRIPTION
This book has been written as a guide which embraces a wide variety of perspectives in post-modern English literature offering a systematic and comprehensive account of the Post-modern cultural movement, it analyses literature of this era through the prism of general Post-modern features, engaging in discussions which pertain to the pre-cursors of this period in literature, the themes and techniques, the wide array of criticism it has evoked and important writers of this age in literature. Effort has also been made to include the views of post-modern critics and how their perspectives and opinions influence literature, delineating the motives and practices believed post-modernist literature. In addition, comparisons to various other movements in literature have been made, allowing the readers to foster a clearer understanding of what entails post-modernism both as a culture as well as a literary movement.
