The paper focuses on the analysis of the intertexts to show the reality hidden inside Barthelme's The glass mountain. Barthelme is a representative of postmodernism. He employs typical writing skills, such as collage...The paper focuses on the analysis of the intertexts to show the reality hidden inside Barthelme's The glass mountain. Barthelme is a representative of postmodernism. He employs typical writing skills, such as collage, fragments and discontinuous narratives, in The glass mountain to illustrate absurdity in the text. As a centerpiece of postmodernism, this fiction can be correctly interpreted by the way of intertextuality, which is a key to reveal the text's absurdity. Through such comparison, readers can understand that the purpose of absurd writing is to demonstrate reality in the modern world.展开更多
文摘The paper focuses on the analysis of the intertexts to show the reality hidden inside Barthelme's The glass mountain. Barthelme is a representative of postmodernism. He employs typical writing skills, such as collage, fragments and discontinuous narratives, in The glass mountain to illustrate absurdity in the text. As a centerpiece of postmodernism, this fiction can be correctly interpreted by the way of intertextuality, which is a key to reveal the text's absurdity. Through such comparison, readers can understand that the purpose of absurd writing is to demonstrate reality in the modern world.