A Broken Kaleidoscope——The Postmodern Writing Techniques in Donald Barthelme's “The School”

<p>Zijian Liu</p>

doi:10.25236/AJHSS.2022.051903

Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences, 2022, 5(19); doi: 10.25236/AJHSS.2022.051903.

A Broken Kaleidoscope——The Postmodern Writing Techniques in Donald Barthelme's “The School”

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Zijian Liu

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Zijian Liu

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Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong, China

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Abstract

Viewed as “father of the new generation of postmodernism writers”, Donald Barthelme ranks top among the most influential postmodernism writers. “The School” is one of his postmodern short stories. With the application of innovative genre, style and language, and such writing techniques as collage and fragmentation, Barthelme juxtaposes intentionally incongruous elements of contemporary language and culture, creating an atmosphere both humorous and unsettling. And the story is no longer trying to offer a narrative that could be grounded in reality but instead addressing larger philosophical questions.

Keywords

Postmodernism, “The School”, Collage, Fragmentation

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Zijian Liu. A Broken Kaleidoscope——The Postmodern Writing Techniques in Donald Barthelme's “The School”. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (2022) Vol. 5, Issue 19: 11-17. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2022.051903.

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