Open AccessTHE ABSURDITY OF HUMAN AND REALITY IN THE NOVEL “CATCH-22” OF JOSEPH HELLER
Author(s) -
Anh Thu Thai
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
khoa học xã hội, nhân văn và giáo dục
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1859-4603
DOI - 10.47393/jshe.v10i4.884
Subject(s) - absurdity , absurdism , postmodernism , aesthetics , irrational number , human condition , psychoanalysis , character (mathematics) , metafiction , philosophy , literature , sociology , history , art , psychology , epistemology , mathematics , geometry
“Catch-22” is considered one of the American writer Joseph Heller’s greatest novels. It was published in 1961. Joseph Heller combined the irrational sensations, the mocking and satirical tones to describe a collapsed and degenerate world in the postmodern condition. Through the living background of an American military unit of World War II, the author reflected some absurd problems such as: the distortion of justice, the influence of greed, and the issue of personal integrity. This article focuses on analyzing the absurdity of character imagery and reality that is automatically accepted and followed in postmodern condition. As a result, readers can gain a deeper insight into the novel and seek empathy in the perception about the absurd, which is becoming normal in recently.