Ken Kesey

Analysis of Ken Kesey’s Novels

By NASRULLAH MAMBROL on December 25, 2018 • ( 0 )

To understand some of the ideas behind the counterculture revolution is to understand Ken Kesey’s (1935 – 2001) fictional heroes and some of his themes. Originating with the 1950’s Beat generation, the 1960’s counterculture youth were disillusioned with the vast… Read More ›

Postmodern Paranoia

By NASRULLAH MAMBROL on July 2, 2017 • ( 0 )

Paranoia, or the threat of total engulfment by somebody else’s system, is keenly felt by many of the dramatis personae of postmodernist fiction. It is tempting to speculate that this is an indirect mimetic representation of the climate of fear… Read More ›