▁ex agger ated ▁accounts ▁of ▁what ▁he ▁port rayed ▁as ▁real ▁life ▁in ▁his ▁works , ▁to ▁enh ance ▁the ▁abs urd ity ▁of ▁the ▁life ▁them es ▁they ▁convey ed . ▁ ▁Similarly , ▁George ▁Or well ' s ▁works , ▁while ▁not ▁as ▁ex agger ated , ▁confirmed ▁the ▁practice ▁of ▁using ▁d yst op ian ▁fiction ▁to ▁take ▁a ▁different ▁out look ▁on ▁highly ▁common ▁them es , ▁including ▁identity ▁and ▁personal ▁des ires . ▁ ▁The ▁term ▁par ano id ▁fiction ▁was ▁first ▁co ined ▁to ▁label ▁sens ational istic ▁and ▁off - be at ▁stories ▁as ▁b izar re ▁and ▁thus ▁outside ▁the ▁real m ▁of ▁literary ▁fiction . ▁ ▁Starting ▁after ▁World ▁War ▁I , ▁however , ▁modern ists ▁began ▁expl oring ▁the ▁stranger ▁them es ▁of ▁life ▁in ▁art , ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁them es ▁of ▁death ▁being ▁effectively ▁mechan ized ▁and ▁made ▁impossible ▁to ▁to y ▁with ▁by ▁the ▁war ' s ▁graph ic ▁dep ict ions . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁modern ist ▁literature ▁t ended ▁to ▁explore ▁the ▁meaning ▁and ▁construction ▁of ▁reality , ▁sh ifting ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁progress ive , ▁cause - and - effect ▁structure ▁of ▁real ist ▁fiction ▁towards ▁a ▁more ▁complex ▁and ▁dis joint ed ▁dep iction ▁of ▁reality . ▁ ▁After ▁World ▁War ▁II , ▁abs urd ists ▁carried ▁this ▁focus ▁one ▁step ▁further ▁by ▁placing ▁these ▁common ▁them es ▁in ▁sur real ▁and ▁fant astic ▁settings , ▁turning ▁what ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁otherwise ▁m