What inspired J.D Salinger to write his famous novel
'The Catcher in the Rye'?
There is not a lot known about the story behind what influenced Salinger to write his famous novel ‘The Catcher in the Rye’, but it is known that during the second World War he met fellow writer Ernest Hemingway in Paris, France. This hinted that Salinger was a admirer of Ernest’s work, but even if this was true it is difficult to say any other author influenced ‘The Catcher in the Rye’, because the book was written with an honest and open attitude which may have been unheard of in American fiction at the time the book was written, and this is what made Salinger unique, after Salinger’s work was published. The book was so unique in its own right it would be a one in one-hundred chance of another author producing another piece of literacy capable of being of a higher standard than ‘The Catcher in the Rye’. The novel remains and always will remain as the first best ever novel in the Western literary cannon in the near on future, and the book has had a lasting influence on modern day readers and remains a best seller.
Postmodernism
The novel ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ falls under the postermodernism category, and this refers to a historical period which began in the 1940’s. Postermodernism is a style of literature which was based on the situation of Western society in an late capitalist or post capitalist age of America. When ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ was published it came as shocking to a number of people because it contained sex and profanity. But over time more and more people adjusted to the subjects in the book, and began to enjoy it. It inspired many people to change their views on life, and become more open to new opinions and behaviour which may have been a aspect in the forming of the mind-set in the 1960’s.
Postmodernism
The novel ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ falls under the postermodernism category, and this refers to a historical period which began in the 1940’s. Postermodernism is a style of literature which was based on the situation of Western society in an late capitalist or post capitalist age of America. When ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ was published it came as shocking to a number of people because it contained sex and profanity. But over time more and more people adjusted to the subjects in the book, and began to enjoy it. It inspired many people to change their views on life, and become more open to new opinions and behaviour which may have been a aspect in the forming of the mind-set in the 1960’s.