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Postmodernism Literature
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There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal nor between what is true and what is false. A thing is not necessarily either true or false; it can be both true and false
-Harold Pinter
Focus
- Deconstructing common structures in society
- Male vs. Female
- Good vs. Evil
- Classes
- Power
- Rich vs. Poor
Still confused?
Writers
Kurt Vonnegut
Jorges Louis Borges
Joseph Heller
Thomas Pynchon
David Foster Wallace
William S Burroughs
Richard Brautigan
Rita Dove
Charles Simic
Here are two explanations of what the entire postmodernism movement is all about
Postmodernism Literature
Postmodernism as a Whole
What is it?
- Critique of structure
- Late 19th century-present
- Focus of chaos in universe
- Whats real?
http://www.allaboutphilosophy.org/postmodernism.htm
To give Postmodernism a definition would be against the ideas of Postmodernism; it is neither a movement nor a style
Literature
- Response to Modernism/Enlightenment
- Associated with Deconstruction
- Questions the idea of truth
- Direct relationship with author and reader
Elements
- Irony/Parody
- Black Humor
- Paranoia
- Intertextuality
- Pastiche
- Metafiction
- Fragmentation
http://study.com/academy/lesson/postmodernism-in-literature-definition-lesson-quiz.html
Ms. Hall
Intertexuality
The idea that no one work stands alone, all creations are connected in one way or another, or can be connected.
This has been seen as a lack of originality
Metafiction
Writing about writing
Pastiche
- To "paste"
- The process of intertwining multiple genres together into one work
- supernatural fantasy, historical fiction, mystery, romance etc.
Fragmentation
Interruption of sequences and information; resembling the chaotic nature of the universe
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