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Why is Thinks by David Lodge a postmodern novel?
Thinks is a postmodern novel because:
- 1) Unlike postcolonialism it doesn't talk about power but about sciences.
- 2) We have many point of views, many possibilities. Lodge wants to deconstruct the binary way to see knowledge: there are many ways you can solve a problem. (Relativism)
- 3) It is metaliterature , as a matter of fact Helen Reed explains everything about novels.
- 4) The distinction between fiction and reality is not much visible. Where does fantasy start and were does reality finish?
- 5) We find many cultures (in chapter 23 Messenger talks about life in Prague).
- 6) There is intertextuality