John Barth is the most important postmodernist novelist and his works of art fiction and reality somehow is complicated. It becomes difficult to decide which one is real and which one is fiction. Blurring and uncertainty is so immense that sometimes it is problematic to understand what is happening and what is going on this story. In the story we have suspicions and questions. All the time, nothing is accepted, and we have a sceptical reading. Every concern and everything are sceptical, and we should not forget that the question is very important. Linda Hutcheon talks about self-reflexivity. Do nothing that we are pieces of reality. In fact, we are fictional. They all the time try to make us aware of being fictional. This progress is self-reflexivity of postmodernist works of art. Another word, it shows us through metafiction, through inflectional references, through parody and pastiche.
The author used mostly the techniques of metafiction. The author often comments on the narration and sometimes criticizes creation. While narrating the story, he starts to tell very unusual thing, or he starts to give some certain clues related to the techniques. So, all these things help you understand that be aware. This is not a sort of real thing. Do not get lost in the magical story. The other is playful language. Immitations of the language is one of the problems that postmodernist author criticizes. They try to challenge the limitations through playing with the languages. Pronunciations and the spelling of these words are somehow distorted. It shows “mock “this is the motto of postmodernism. Parody, fragmented narration, open ended closure, intertextual references, and uncertainty are the other concepts or techniques used in the novel. Open ended closure is sometimes subverted