A Reading of The Midnight Library and The Dead Fathers Club Through Postmodernism
Öz
Matt Haig’s works contribute significantly to contemporary British literature by engaging with psychological, philosophical, and narrative complexity. In The Midnight Library and The Dead Father’s Club, the protagonists Nora and Philip embody the postmodern subject, caught in the tension of shifting realities and uncertain truths. This article explores how both novels illustrate postmodern themes such as hyperreality, narrative fragmentation, and the breakdown of universal truths. Through a postmodern theoretical lens, particularly drawing on the works of Jean Baudrillard and Linda Hutcheon, the analysis reveals how identity is no longer rooted in internal essence but constructed through memory, perception, and language. Thus, this study examines how these two works reflect key aspects of postmodern literature such as the blending of genres, intertextuality and historiographic metafiction. By focusing on these aspects, we can develop a deeper understanding of how postmodernism introduces new perspectives reshapes the way identity is understood.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Kaynakça
- Baudrillard, J. (1994). Simulacra and simulation. University of Michigan Press.
- Bertens, H. (1995). The idea of the postmodern: A history. Routledge.
- Deliu, A.-M. (2015). Metafiction, transfictionality and possible worlds in Jorge Luis Borges’ The Immortal. Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory, 1. Retrieved from https://www.academia.edu/
- Eysteinsson, A. (1990). The concept of modernism. Cornell University Press.
- García Márquez, G. (2006). One hundred years of solitude (G. Rabassa, Trans.). Harper Perennial Modern Classics. (Original work published 1967)
- Haig, M. (2006). The Dead Fathers Club. Viking Penguin.
- Haig, M. (2020). The Midnight Library. Viking Penguin.
- Harvey, D. (1990). The condition of postmodernity: An enquiry into the origins of cultural change. Blackwell Publishers.
Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
İngiliz ve İrlanda Dili, Edebiyatı ve Kültürü, Kültürel çalışmalar (Diğer)
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Lana Alsebae
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0009-0003-3325-8155
Türkiye
Yayımlanma Tarihi
1 Haziran 2026
Gönderilme Tarihi
7 Ağustos 2025
Kabul Tarihi
5 Ocak 2026
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2026 Cilt: 12 Sayı: 1