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Modern Alienation as an Infinite Journey in the Postmodern World: A Postmodern Critique of Breakfast of Champions and the Stranger

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  • Syeda Nowshin Anjum Hoque

    (Department of English Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh Department of English University of Scholars, Dhaka, Bangladesh)

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This paper discusses The Stranger and Breakfast of Champions, which are based on alienation, to show that modern alienation has not vanished yet but has evolved through new ways in the postmodern world. The paper also aims to apply five theoretical approaches that will connect it to postmodern society: Marx’s theory of alienation, Kierkegaard’s theory of alienation, Freud’s theory of the ego, Sartre’s concept of the free man, and Dostoyevsky’s revolutionary concept. It explores the reasons and results of human alienation through the lives of Meursault, Dwayne, and Kurt, who are left alone to finish off as worthless, estranged and meaningless human beings in the postmodern world. Characters including Meursault (from The Stranger), Dwayne Hoover, and Kilgore Trout (from Breakfast of Champions) are the main characters presented here as the critical victims of alienation of separate times. More actual incidents from both texts will portray how human alienation starts in the texts, changes them into alienated souls and puts them into tragic consequences.

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  • Syeda Nowshin Anjum Hoque, 2025. "Modern Alienation as an Infinite Journey in the Postmodern World: A Postmodern Critique of Breakfast of Champions and the Stranger," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 9(7), pages 1144-1151, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:9:y:2025:issue-7:p:1144-1151
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