An Interpretation of Donald Barthelme’s “The Glass Mountain” from the Perspective of Defamiliarization

Abstract

“The Glass Mountain” is a representative work of Donald Barthelme, renowned for its postmodernist characteristics and unique narrative style. The novel challenges traditional narrative patterns through fragmented and subversive narrative structures, and its defamiliarization writing is distinctive, offering readers a rich artistic experience and broad interpretive space. This paper delves into the defamiliarization
features of the novel from the aspects of content, form, and theme, revealing its subversion of traditional literature and profound reflection of
postmodern social reality, and demonstrating Barthelme’s unique creative art and ideological connotations.