Perspectives

Looking at the literary period and similar works in relation to “Paradise” by Matthew Kneale will expand your perspective on the text, and give you some additional ideas that you can use in a discussion about it. 

Literary period

The short story is a postmodernist piece of fiction. Postmodernism is a literary movement that developed after WWII and which still defines most contemporary literature. “Paradise” is postmodernist through themes and context as it presents different cultural perspectives in the time in which it was written (the 1990s). The story is also postmodernist through certain literary techniques such as the use of irony (ll. 209-211) or the “...