Document Type : Research paper
Abstract
Postmodernism is one of the influential movements in recent decades and can be considered as a new chapter in the history of west civilization. Not only the postmodernism affected cultural, economic and political eras, it also entered into the literature area, especially fiction writing one and transformed the structure and content of the novel. Theoreticians characterize paradox, uncertainty, irregularity, indulgence, short circuit, anachronism, disruption, incoherent thought association, paranoia, and fiction in fiction technique and mixture of literary genres as some dominant properties of post-modern fiction writing. The novel "The kingdom of strangers" compiled by the Lebanese novelist, Elias Khoury, is written based on postmodernism patterns. By applying postmodernism framework to express his thoughts and ideology, the author artistically portrayed the wander and bewilderment of people in war context with its consequences. By taking a descriptive-analytic approach, the presents study has attempted to examine the novel "The kingdom of strangers" based on post-modernism indices. Since it is difficult to draw a distinctive line between modernism and postmodernism, to illuminate the appearance of post-modernism current in the novel, first some significant indices of modernism are analyzed, then, the most evident indices of post-modernism are investigated. The findings reveal that the postmodernism indices are prominently applied in the novel. Therefore, it can be claimed that Khoury is not a mere pattern follower and imitator author and by constantly applying modern styles in his fiction writing, he is considered as a pioneer author in postmodern literature.
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