Flaubert's Parrot: Post-Modernism vs. Modernism

Flaubert's Parrot is a very interesting book. It's a little confusing, though, because it's almost impossible to catagorize it. It is said to be a biography of Flaubert, and yet it's more novel-like. Yet it isn't novel like...and it just goes around and around and around in circles.
Based upon Hassan's Schematic, we can compare a bit of this book, defined as post-modernism, to a modern book, like Jane Eyre. Modern books tend to be more romantically based. The author's presence is evident and is noticed, perhaps, above all else because it is the voice that gives the story. In Jane Eyre, it was Jane's voice who told the story. It was based from her perspective. It seems that, in a postmondern book, the presence is there, but only as a suggestion of notice. It's like the voice is a mere observer, while the true speaker is some greater power, like a "God". Hassan uses the words "root" and "depth" to describe a mondern book, which is true. The voice of a character adds that depth with the inflections of emotions and personal thoughts. He uses the words "rhizome" and "surface" to describe a postmodern book. This does make sense; in Flaubert's Parrot, there is very little depth because the voice is one of little importance. No revealing of thoughts or emotions, or at least not deep, heart-cracking ones.........
It's hard to write about such a thing at this point, because we have barely begun. This post will be continued once I am farther along.