Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Education, Management and Computing Technology (ICEMCT-16)

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

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Jia Gu
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Jia Gu
Available Online April 2016.
DOI
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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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Education, Management and Computing Technology (ICEMCT-16)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
April 2016
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978-94-6252-179-7
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/icemct-16.2016.285How to use a DOI?
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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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