1 NARRATIVE STRATEGIES IN POSTMODERN FICTION ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE MAHARAJA SAYAJIRAO UNIVERSITY OF BARODA, VADODARA FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ENGLISH BY RAJESHBHAI K. BHARVAD UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF PROFESSOR M. F. SALAT DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF ARTS THE MAHARAJA SAYAJIRAO UNIVERSITY OF BARODA VADODARA APRIL 2016