POSTMODERN CULTURE IN WHITE NOISE AND THE CRYING OF LOT 49
The novels by DeLillo and Pynchon, as examples of postmodern literature, share thematic aspects related to contemporary problems resulting from societies which are alienated from civilization, and they also deal with the fundamental human concern that is the fear of death. Thus, a comparison has been established in order to analyse those aspects in both novels which highlight the main effects of technologies on society, the one- dimensional society of mass culture, the loss of meanings, and both subjective and collective perception of the world, the freedom and fear of freedom and the role of language.