The Concept Of Space-time In The Works Of Calvino And Its Modern Meaning

The character of modernism postmodernism philosophy and post, is the deconstructionof the traditional logocentrism, subversion of defining the meaning and essence of all. Postmodernism literature as an independent literary trend, on the one hand, and modern literaturehas close ties, is developed and extended on the basis of; on the other hand, its connotationhas exceeded the scope of modern literature, is the rebellion and beyond. Postmodernistsclaimed that man as subject is dead. They hold the extreme anti tradition standpoint, even forthose who attempt to return to the old traditions or rebuild a new tradition was negative.Representative writers of modernism literature as Calvino, his works, fantasy and reality,internal and external world, the distant past and unable to describe complicated now andfuture intertwined, always with a certain arbitrariness, fragmentation and contingency. Theseliterary qualities are the modern implication is after.In the postmodern condition, one is particularly worthy of our attention is the change ofthe space-time idea. The two dimensions of time and space consciousness is in the samedirection approach. This is not to say that the only space does not have the time or only timedoes not have the space, but the space of time or the time of space. We interpret the conceptof space in the works of Calvino, also need to consciously to the writer, his artistic creationand poetic discourse, put in the contemporary philosophy space West to context, and adetailed and comprehensive examination.This paper mainly through the "invisible city" and "winter night people" analysis of thetwo novels, to explore the concept of space-time Calvino uniquely post-modern literaryrepresentation, especially with his crystal, the maze and the meta narrative made the conceptof.