![]() ![]() There is a loss of identity for Ludmilla who is portrayed as a classy Madame Marne in one story then as the adventurous and the sensual woman-rights protector who shows Ludmilla’s strong and decisive personality in another. For example, in “If on a winters night a traveler”, the first story about Madame Marne, Calvino foreshadows Ludmilla’s entry in the numbered chapters. ![]() The most noticeable aspect of Calvino’s style is his ability to alternate between stories that have nothing in common and form a serious plot between the readers. If on a winter’s night is an adventurous piece of writing that shows how disconnected random stories may be but nevertheless form an exciting plot. ![]() In this piece of writing, Calvino demonstrates pastiche, fragmentation, globalization, experimentation, and refutation of the consumer material world which are all components of postmodernism. ![]() In “If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler” Italo Calvino enters the mind of the reader and uses the text as a medium of making the reader think what Italo wants him to think. Postmodernism is a new form of writing where the author is free with his style and breaks the rules of most classical pieces of writing. ![]()
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