INVESTIGATING POSTMODERN ELEMENTS IN THE NOVELS HUNGER GAMES & EXIT WEST: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Abstract

The present study“Postmodern Elements in the Novels Exit West and Hunger Games: A Comparative Study” deals with the dystopian fiction using the theory of hyperreality that seems potentially well-suited to the analysis of the novels Exit West and Hunger Games. Exit West is a novel written by Pakistani writer Mohsin Hamid. The story revolves around two main protagonist Nadia and Saeed who continuously search the way to migrate from their hometown to some peaceful world because of the civil war appears in their surroundings. Hunger Games is the most popular series of the dystopian fiction authored by Suzanne Collins. The story spins around the main character Katniss Everdeen who fights for the survival of her family. The first of Baudrillard’s theory contains more two concepts Simulation and Simulacrum through which Baudrillard describes the difference between what is real and what is not? And what role media plays to manipulate the realities in the postmodern society? Secondly, this study goes to figure out the postmodern elements from the novels by doing textual analysis. The core aim of this study is to compare and unfold the hyperreal events from the original text on the grounds of literary analysis and relates those hyperreal events with current postmodern literary elements.