RELIGIOUS FAITH DESTROYED BY ADVANCEMENTS IN SCIENCE: REPRESENTATION OF THE SCIENCES IN JULIAN BARNES’ FICTION

Allwyn . F, Dr. J. Amalaveenus

Abstract


Julian Barnes demonstrates a consistent interest in the relationship between science and literature. For him, writing is a substitution of the religious faith destroyed by advances in science. This paper examines how different aspects of science are represented in each of his novels, with an aim to recapitulate Julian Barnes’ thought about truth and aging against the background of current studies of the relationship between science and literature.


Keywords


Julian Barnes, Postmodernism, History, Religion, Science.

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