Order vs Disorder in Joseph Heller's Catch-22

Abstract

Postmodernism and postmodernist literature are very broad concepts that have many connotations. The present work singles out with the main pillars that define the postmodern concept. The relationship of this movement (postmodernism) with post-structuralism is interrelated; however, it has some significant differences. The postmodernist literature transforms aspects of the postmodern world into literary devices that reflect how those aspects changed the way people think. The literature produced in this era is considered to be a shift from the traditional writings of the movements before it. One of the most celebrated literary works of postmodernism is Catch-22. It is a novel written by Joseph Heller, and was published in 1961. The novel refers to² a bombardier in the American Air Force who is having a conflict between being a good man for his country and having his life back which makes him a bad man in the eye of law. Though the novel at first seems to be random, the writer deliberately constructs his novel in this way.