Open AccessFragmentation and Postmodern studies: An analysis of Mohsin Hamid’s Novel “How to get filthy rich in rising Asia”
Author(s) -
Uzma Munir,
Qamar Sumaira Sumaira
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of linguistics and culture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2788-8347
pISSN - 2707-6873
DOI - 10.52700/ijlc.v2i1.28
Subject(s) - postmodernism , narrative , fragmentation (computing) , aesthetics , oppression , sociology , postmodern theatre , literature , epistemology , history , philosophy , political science , art , law , politics , computer science , operating system
In this study, the fragmentation as postmodernist narrative technique in Mohsin Hamid’s novel “How to get filthy rich in rising Asia” is examined. He uses structural inequalities, grammatically incorrect sentences, phrases and dependent clauses. The term fragmentation is coined by Bell Hooks to highlight the problem of “hierarchy of oppression” within the feminist paradigm. Fragmentation is the major thematic concern of postmodern art that sets new parameters for the narrative techniques of postmodern literature. Fragmentation in the literary work involves complexity on semantic level where the various words act as signifier and signified at the same time. Therefore, this study probes the fundamentals of fragmentation in the text that reflects the radical changes in the postmodern society and focuses on the little narratives that create fragmented truth and cause anarchy, uncertainty and chaos in the world.