The trickster makes the tale : games in postmodern fiction.

• Main Author: Thia, Shi Min.
• Other Authors: Cornelius Anthony Murphy
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Literature::English
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48714
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper argues that postmodern fiction is not merely rebelling against realist fiction; it mimics the first myths and folktales engendered by humanity. The novels At Swim Two Birds, Pale Fire, and If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller show that games are apparent in self-reflexive fiction. Some exam...