William Burroughs

Looseness of Association in Postmodern Works

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

Many postmodernist writers disrupt the smooth production and reception of texts by welcoming chance into the compositional process. The infamous The Unfortunates (1969) by B. S.Johnson, for instance, is a novel-in-a-box which instructs the reader to riffle several loose-leaf chapters… Read More ›

Postmodern Use of Parody and Pastiche

By NASRULLAH MAMBROL on April 5, 2016 • ( 8 )

Postmodern literature’s celebratory mode of experimentation found new impetus with the usage of parody and pastiche. While a parody imitates the manner, style or characteristics of a particular literary work/ genre/ author, and deflates the original by applying the imitation… Read More ›