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Amalia Almasi

1. In Chapter VII, Todd says: "demonstrations of my own animality." He is struggling to find the rationale for human values and actions. Can you give other quotes where he has the same issue?

2. Does Todd - the protagonist - and Todd - the narrator - give a dual structure to the story? Or are they telling the same story?

Rostas Lacrimioara Carmen · Trimis: 11/06/2015 16:22 Titlul subiectului:

2. A main feature of postmodernism is that postmodernist author does two things at the same time in his work: he tells a story itself, which represents the action of the novel and also he makes the construction of the novel.
In "The Floating Opera" by John Barth, Todd-the protagonist is not the same person with Todd-the narrator. For example, Todd (the protagonist) describes the day in which he wanted to commit suicide, but the reader knows the fact that he didn`t managed to carry out the plan because he (the narrator) is still here, so he lives talking about his failed plan.
I think that this case is similar to opera "The Last Night of Love, the First Night of War" because the protagonist remembers episodes from his life interfering as narrator with explications as aid in understanding of the reader.