Problematizing the Postmodern Condition in Em and the Big Hoom

Authors

  • David Paul Vellore Institute of Technology
  • G Alan Vellore Institute of Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17507/tpls.1206.11

Keywords:

postmodernism, postmodern condition, paranoia, problematizing, psyche

Abstract

This paper investigates and problematizes the postmodern condition in Jerry Pinto's novel, Em and the Big Hoom. The complex, medical, psychoanalytic, and psychiatric history of the characters’ psyche is traced out in the novel. Postmodernism is an outgrowth of Modernism. It denotes the status of contemporary society, the revolutions, modifications, and shifts in science, literature, and arts. Taking into account all of the significant shifts from Modernism to Postmodernism, the study explicates Postmodernism as a movement, the Postmodern era along with the postmodern condition, and the postmodern tenets. The Psyche of the postmodern characters as presented by the author in his psychological fiction is profoundly probed in the paper. There is an intense focus on how important tenets like fragmentation, non-linearity, intertextuality, and playfulness are inherent in the novel.

Author Biographies

David Paul, Vellore Institute of Technology

Division of English, School of Social Sciences and Languages

G Alan, Vellore Institute of Technology

Division of English, School of Social Sciences and Languages

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2022-06-01

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