Margaret Atwood's collection of short "fictional essays ", The Tent and Moral Disorder, became essential texts which inspired the narrative voice of my postmodern narrator. ... The highly conceptual nature of Auster's writing compelled me to research literary theory which digressed into the investigation of post-structuralism and consequently, Jacques Derrida's theory of Deconstruction. ... I aim to relate this theory to human tendencies to omit unfavorable facets of their identity by questioning my protagonist's role as a narrator. ... Development of my own postmodern voic...

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