1. The Post-modernism
The post-modernism in «Nice Work» by David Lodge and «The Reluctant Fundamentalist» by Mohsin Hamid
FRANCESCO FLORITTO VB

2. NICE WORK ( David Lodge)
There is a subject position in an infinite web discourses
One of the phenomena that attracted the post-modern literature is the inability to encompass the complexity of the real with a single cognitive discourse
Every text is a product of intertextuality, a tissue of allusions and quotations of other texts
Also quotations are characteristics of post-modern literature
We product ourselves in language : “you are what you speak and not what you eat”
Once again it’s used a quotation to explain the thoughts of the female protagonist

3. Robyn belonging to a very different social species from Vic Wilcox
Two characters so different but at the end they are involved in sentimental story
Post-modern artists enjoy to play with the narration’s trap; nothing is determined.
Her feminism doesn’t seem to affect her behaviour
In this sentence we can read the sense of uncertainty.
There is also a sort of hint to the psychology of the character but
not deeply , only on the surface.

4. The Reluctant Fundamentalist( Mohsin Hamid)
Contrast between western capitalism and Islam
One of the main themes of post-modern literature is the consumer society with its contradictions
American conformism and Muslim fundamentalism.
Other important themes are the complexity of the reality and virtual reality created by media. Post-modernism tries to show to the reader the truth even of the weak, defeated, exploited men.
Reader can see the threat of terrorism also inside the protagonist’s thoughts even if he’s grown up culturally in USA
Conspiracies, intrigues, secrets, are other social phenomena underlined by post-modern literature