Murakami and Capitalism in Market: A Postmodern Reading of Dance Dance Dance

Dr. S. Christober Jacob¹, Dr. S. Samuel Jude Frank²

¹Assistant Professor, Department of English, St. John’s College, Palayamkottai, Affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Abishekapatti, Tirunelveli – 627012

²Assistant Professor, Department of English, St. John’s College, Palayamkottai, Affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Abishekapatti, Tirunelveli – 627012

Abstract

A market is a physical as well as a virtual concept that runs the economy of a country with the supply and exchange of essential things for day-to-day life. This study deals with the dangerous effects of the capitalist-centred market according to the novel Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami. A capital-dominated market might cause plenty of dangers to people and it will result in a government that relies upon the capitalists. The capitalists will corner and control the government for their benefit. Murakami’s view on capitalism in Japan can be related to any part of the world.

Keywords: Advanced capitalism, Capitalism, Investment, Market, Postmodernism