مجلة طبنـــة للدراسات العلمية الأكاديمية
Volume 8, Numéro 2, Pages 1999-2009
2025-12-19

From Authorial Control To Cosmic Detachment: How Slaughterhouse-five Links Narrative Freedom And Existential Alienation



Authors : Bouabdallah Tarek . Benmezal Farid .

Abstract

This article delves into Slaughterhouse-Five as an epitomic postmodern novel through the lens of Vonnegut's declaration of narrative independence which is deeply linked with his investigation of existential estrangement. By disassembling traditional war narratives, Vonnegut is not only able to unearth the inherent linguistics of violent crime but also to nurture a paradoxical ethic of care. Thus, the work achieves the transformation of the concept of absurdism into a new space where the energy of feeling and the desire for ethical activity can exist.

Keywords

Slaughterhouse-Five ; metafiction ; postmodernism ; trauma ; existential alienation

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