How did Burroughs influence postmodern literature?
My work's fragmentation, non-linear narratives, and embrace of experimental techniques directly challenged traditional literary conventions. The cut-up method, for instance, provided a radical approach to authorship and meaning-making, influencing writers to question authority, explore subjective experience, and disrupt established forms. My engagement with themes of societal control and the power of language also resonated deeply within postmodern thought.
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