Can you name some prominent post modernism novelists?

Thomas Pynchon is a well - known post modernist novelist. His works like 'Gravity's Rainbow' are complex and full of post modern elements such as multiple plotlines and a blurring of different historical and fictional elements. Another is Italo Calvino. His novels, for example, 'If on a winter's night a traveler', play with the structure of the novel and the relationship between the reader and the text.

Well, prominent post - modernism novels typically have fragmented narratives. Instead of a linear story, you get bits and pieces that the reader has to piece together. They also play with language in a very self - conscious way. Authors might create new words or use words in unconventional ways. And there is often a sense of irony and self - referentiality. The novel may be making fun of itself or the genre it belongs to.

One famous post modernism novel is 'Slaughterhouse - Five' by Kurt Vonnegut. It plays with time and the idea of free will in a very post - modern way, with the main character becoming 'unstuck in time'.

One characteristic is the blurring of boundaries. For example, between high and low culture, reality and fiction. In post modernism novels, you might find references to popular culture like TV shows or comics mixed with more 'highbrow' literary elements. Another is the use of fragmented narratives. Instead of a linear story, the plot is often broken into pieces, like in 'The Sound and the Fury' by Faulkner which uses different narrators and time - frames in a fragmented way.

One of the well - known 1960s British novelists is Iris Murdoch. Her works often delved into complex moral and philosophical themes.

Joseph Conrad, with stories like 'Heart of Darkness', is also part of this group. Although 'Heart of Darkness' is more of a novella, it contains many elements of British modernism. It delves into the darkness of the human soul, set against the backdrop of colonial Africa, and Conrad's use of complex narrative techniques is very modernist in nature.

Well, there are many. Sherwood Anderson is one. His 'Winesburg, Ohio' is a collection of short stories with modernist touches. E. M. Forster wrote some short stories that showed modernist ideas. And T. S. Eliot, although more known for his poetry, also had some short works that could be considered modernist in nature.

The main characteristics include self - reflexivity. This means the text is aware of itself as a piece of fiction. It might break the fourth wall by directly addressing the reader or commenting on the act of writing. Another aspect is intertextuality. Post modernist fiction often references other texts, whether it's classic literature or contemporary works. It plays with these references in a way that creates new meanings and interpretations.