John Gardner’s Grendel is a celebrated example of the ontological postmodernist fiction. Along with a discovery of self with which Grendel the narrator of the novel is concerned, grand narratives such as philosophy are questioned. Grendel denies the external objective reality and generously allows the legitimacy of fantastic and non-realistic methods by using “life-affirming fabulous art” as it...

The article is devoted to theoretical exploration of modern hybrid speculative fiction. This term comprises a huge body creative works which are written at the intersection genres related prose. On one hand, fiction rooted in post-modern epoch, on other it returns principles genre genesis, flourished beginning 20th century. tendency eclecticism common feature great number and seems be an effici...

today, identity as the most important aspect of human nature has seen its meaning transformed under the influence of postmodernist relativism, and hence, has affected women status and their identity. television, also, shapes our thought on fundamental social issues at various degrees. employing postmodernist signs, the pres

Traditional discourses upon literature have been predicated upon the ability to refer to a text that others may consult (Landow, 1994, p. 33). Texts that involve elements of feedback and nontrivial decision-making on the part of the reader (Aarseth, 1997, p. 1) therefore present a challenge to readers and critics alike. Since a persuasive case has been made against a critical method that sets o...

Possible worlds, governed by known or unknown cosmic rules, if ever they existed, do ontologically exist in the realm of imaginary and relate to human potential imagine beyond what we recognize as reality. This cognitive potential, tinged with postmodernist narrative techniques, can create alternative histories through which contemplate possible scenarios reality that could have happened depend...

Appropriation is a common practice in art and literature; electronic literature in particular lends itself readily to appropriation and collaboration, due to its multimodal and born-digital nature. This paper presents practice-based research examining the effects of digital appropriation on two works of digital fiction (a hyperfiction and an interactive fiction), demonstrating how it alters the...