• Dr. B.Mary Florence

To accept a new myth about ourselves is to simplify our memories – and to place our stamp of approval on what might become an epitaph for our Era in the shorthand of History. This, in my opinion is why critics condemn our most significant books, poems and plays when they first appear, while praising feebler creations. The birth of a new myth fills them with primitive dread, for myths are so effective. The maker of myths “Joseph Heller “whether he intends to be or not, is the most brilliant teller of an oft-told tale.

implied affirmation, nihilism, farce & fantasy, sick humor, icy casualness, shadowing flashbacks, comic invention, Skepticism

"A FASHIONABLE NIHILISM OF THE PAST DECADE, “ CATCH – 22 “", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no.29-30, July-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRA006005.pdf

"A FASHIONABLE NIHILISM OF THE PAST DECADE, “ CATCH – 22 “", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no. pp29-30, July-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRA006005.pdf