POSTMODERN STRATEGIES IN ALEX FLINN’S A KISS IN TIME

Abstract

A Kiss in Time is a novel written by Alex Flinn. A Kiss in Time is a story of Talia who was cursed to prick her finger with a spindle and saved by Jack. In general, this research discusses the postmodern strategies that are used in presenting the postmodern aspect of A Kiss in Time. Brian McHale’s postmodern perspective is used as the theoretical framework to present the ontological dominant by analyzing the construction and confrontation of worlds in A Kiss in Time. This research is a qualitative research and a documentary technique is used to collect the data for this research. The primary data of this research are any kind of information and facts about the construction of worlds, while the secondary data are any kind of facts and information about the postmodern phenomenon that support the analysis of the primary data. This research uses inductive method in analyzing the data; that the discussion goes from the specific to the general, from particular to a whole group of ideas, phenomena, or situations. The result of this research shows that A Kiss in Time is governed by the ontological dominant of postmodernist fiction through the postmodern strategies found in A Kiss in Time. Postmodern strategies involve transwords identity, the construction and confrontation of worlds. Transworld identity represents the plurality of worlds and constructs an intertextual zone. The construction of worlds involves the complication of the ontological boundary and dimension of worlds. Furthermore, A Kiss in Time also reflects the condition of postmodern society by presenting the supernatural events and objects, and serves the practice of pastiche of the past and fantasy. A Kiss in Time also presents the condition of hyperreality by projecting the Royal Euphrasia, a thematic park, as an imaginary to make people believe that this is the real, whereas all of the Royal Euphrasia is no longer real but belongs to the hyperreal order.