Akshit posted an Question
March 07, 2021 • 22:01 pm 30 points
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Do provide info & theme about donald barthelme - snow white

do provide info & theme about Donald Barthelme - Snow White

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    A Postmodernist Novel Published in 1967 The book subverts the fairy tale and revisions the characters Themes - Vocational identity of the characters is seen as an illusion - Romantic attraction is portrayed meaningless. Where love leads to an unhappy ending (Paul is killed by Hogo in order to attain Snow White) - Life is meaningless. Some important points - Image of the "Poisoned pie" portraying Apple as a cheap dish. Symbolizing the fall of man biblically. - " Chinese Baby Food" demonstrates that Chinese are leading in reproducing children. These food are made by dwarves hence chinese are also likely shorter in stature - The Prince in this novel is Charmless - It is a "fractured fairy tale" where the conventions of fairy tales mingle with each other and create confusion. - "She is tall dark beauty containing a great many beauty spots" The above lines are the opening lines of this novel. These lines are not exactly how a fairy tale begins. The first indicators that the postmodernist novel is cold and unappealing to the readers.

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