Fahrenheit 451 and rising: post-modernist reverberations in the work of Ray Bradbury

ABSTRACT : This paper involves examination of the novel Fahrenheit 451, a well-known dystopia from the perspective of highlighting some features of that text which may regarded as post-modernist in nature. A twopronged approach is adopted in that a post-modernist reading is applied in conjunction with a discussion on the nature and purpose (i.e. the philosophy) of literature. Relevant examples will be given as the appropriate junctures in the text.