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In the wake of the so-called postmodernist turn in literary studies and criticism, Steinbeck’s  The Grapes of Wrath  has been subjected to a major interpretative revision that has reoriented the focus solely on the chapters dealing with the Joads while leaving out those that provide a detailed analysis of larger socioeconomic forces at work. The latter are laid out in documentary interchapters that constitute the backbone of dialectical montage, a narrative method used by Steinbeck to create a consciousness-raising novel. Documentary interchapters, as this paper argues, shed light on the integrated forms of systemic exploitation that agricultural workers face in capitalism. Overlooking the significance of documentary interchapters results in a reductive reading of Steinbeck’s classic, which in turn also undermines its consciousness-raising potential in our era.

The (Forgotten) Significance of Interchapters in John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath : From Tenancy to Seasonal Migrant Farm Labor