De-Centering the Ego: Chimera
De-Centering the Ego: Chimera

Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on the analysis of Chimera, John Barth's well-known novels, from the point of view of novel construction. The lack of center is the main fascination for the reader in Barth’s novels, and it is connected with the de-centered identity of either the characters or the author himself. In order to create his novels, Barth has no identifiable purpose, except that of playing with words, with the characters and versions of them, with himself converted into a character, and ultimately, with the reader, with that reader who insists to find the hidden meaning of this text, who insists to organize and interpret it in a coherent way.

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