A Broken Kaleidoscope——The Postmodern Writing Techniques in Donald Barthelme's “The School”

Viewed as “father of the new generation postmodernism writers”, Donald Barthelme ranks top among most influential writers. “The School” is one his postmodern short stories. With application innovative genre, style and language, such writing techniques collage fragmentation, juxtaposes intentionally incongruous elements contemporary language culture, creating an atmosphere both humorous unsettling. And story no longer trying to offer a narrative that could be grounded in reality but instead addressing larger philosophical questions.