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T1 Rewriting Hi(S)tories: A Postmodern Study of Julian Barnes’s A History of the World in 10½ Chapters
A1 Bruña Moro, Beatriz
A2 Universidad de Valladolid. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
K1 Julian Barnes
K1 A History of the World in 10½ Chapters
K1 Postmodernism
K1 Historiographic Metafiction
K1 Fragmentation
K1 Intertextuality
K1 Una historia del mundo en diez capítulos y medio
K1 Postmodernismo
K1 Metaficción Historiográfica
K1 Fragmentación
K1 Intertextualidad
K1 5701.11 Enseñanza de Lenguas
AB This dissertation examines Julian Barnes’s A History of the World in 10½ Chapters as a postmodern work, addressing the lack of academic analysis of this novel within the framework of postmodernism. Through the close reading and analysis of “The Stowaway” and “Parenthesis" with established postmodern theories, this paper reveals how Barnes employs fragmentation, metafiction, intertextuality and unreliable narrators. The findings demonstrate how the novel’s deconstruction of linear narratives and objective realities serve to dismantle grand narratives and question universal truths. The study demonstrates that the novel is an accessible entry point to postmodern literature. Ultimately, this dissertation concludes that Barnes’s A History of the World in 10½ Chapters stands as a postmodern novel that invites the reader to question the veracity of history and construct meaning from multiple perspectives.
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/79965
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/79965
LA eng
NO Departamento de Filología Inglesa
DS UVaDOC
RD 21-nov-2025