The Postmodern Condition and The Crying of Lot 49.

A comparison of “The Postmodern Condition” and “The Crying of Lot 49”.

This five-page undergraduate paper applies Lyotard’s The Postmodern Condition to the themes of The Crying of Lot 49. Lyotard’s discussion of language games and nodal points, addressee, sender, and referent are seen in Oedipa.