Bachelor thesis | Film- en literatuurwetenschap (BA)
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The French writer Alfred Jarry (1873-1907) is seen as a forerunner of avant-garde movements such as futurism, Dadaism and surrealism. In this study, his influence on postmodernism is evaluated by...Show moreThe French writer Alfred Jarry (1873-1907) is seen as a forerunner of avant-garde movements such as futurism, Dadaism and surrealism. In this study, his influence on postmodernism is evaluated by close reading his most important fictional texts, but also several of his biographies. Jarry can be considered postmodern because of the great amount of ontological doubt in his work and in his life. His biographers augmented this by (intentionally or not) emphasizing the ontological confusion. Their ‘facts’ were the result of interpretation and representation.Show less