A Study of the Postmodernistic Characteristics in The Catcher in the Rye

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10.2991/icemct-16.2016.285How to use a DOI?

Keywords

the Catcher in the Rye, postmodernistic characteristics,vulgar language, the anti-hero; alienation theme

Abstract

The Catcher in the Rye, written by Jerome David Salinger, has been a controversial novel on its classification.So far as now, the literature world has reached a consensus that it is a growing-up novel and embodies the theme of “the quest” which inherits from the western literature tradition. While apart from the theme of “quest”, there are also many apparent and significant features which cannot be ignored in evaluating its classification of “postmodernity”.This paper is going to reveal the postmodernistic characteristics based on three aspects: the vulgar language, the anti-hero, and alienation theme.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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