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Analysis of Joseph Heller’s Catch-22

By NASRULLAH MAMBROL on June 9, 2026

One of the founding works of antirealist or postmodern fiction, Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 realizes an important aim of such writing: It renders a world through its language. Minimally drawn from Heller’s own experience as a bombardier in World War II… 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 ›