OLIVER BARNES
“It began to cancan to the rhythm of their nation’s barbarity.”
‘The Pursuit of Substance’ traces the spiritual and moral development of its protagonist by incorporating the characteristics of modernist literature.The story’s departure from classical and traditional forms is reflected in the deeds of its main character who, in “... gliding from one unbeaten path to the next”, emulates the intrepidity of modernist authorship. Ultimately, this story adopts a Barthesian view of intertextuality, subverting the author’s dominance by multiplying the range of potential meanings, from one, where the author is God, to a multiplicity of meanings, where the reader is in control.
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