Postmodern literature has its many spokesmen. Many would agree that Kazuo Ishiguro is not the most typical representative of this somewhat anarchistic literary and social movement‚ but he is certainly one of its most subtle and valuable artists. He uses the principles of post modernistic writing in a very meaningful way‚ and only after a thorough analysis can one fully appreciate all carefully constructed and presented elements trough which he successfully delivers his story. Remains of the day‚
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Postmodern literature The term Postmodern literature is used to describe certain tendencies in post-World War II literature. It is both a continuation of the experimentation championed by writers of the modernist period (relying heavily‚ for example‚ on fragmentation‚ paradox‚ questionable narrators‚ etc.) and a reaction against Enlightenment ideas implicit in Modernist literature. Postmodern literature‚ like postmodernism as a whole‚ is difficult to define and there is little agreement on the
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because we go through it on a daily basis. Some would say it began in the 1950’s‚ and others say it began with the tearing down of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Postmodernism is characterized by a variety of elements that question the reading experience. Postmodern authors celebrate this by using humour and absurd experiences to create a bizarre alternate reality. The different elements that are used throughout postmodernism stories include magic realism‚ metafiction and irony. Magic realism is where the supernatural
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A Postmodern Paradox Postmodernism‚ a paradox in itself‚ challenges conformity in countless ways. Taking place after World War II‚ this movement is mainly characterized by its rejection of social constructs and its challenges to traditional forms of philosophy‚ literature‚ art‚ and religious authority. Ironically‚ while it defied categorizing‚ it became a category itself. Nevertheless‚ this movement has had a profound impact on countless literary‚ cinematographic‚ art‚ and philosophic works. Two
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characteristics of postmodern fiction depicted within Italo Calvino’s novel If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler Casey Robertson (202306117) crobertson25@toromail.csudh.edu HUX 581: Key Periods and Movements‚ Philosophy: Philosophy and Postmodernism 07 27 2012 When discussing the genre of postmodern literature‚ Italian author Italo Calvino’s 1979 novel titled If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler is definitely a work worthy of examination within this realm. While ascribing attributes of postmodern fiction
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BookRags Literature Criticism Critical Essay by John Fekete For the online version of BookRags’ Critical Essay by John Fekete Literature Criticism‚ including complete copyright information‚ please visit: http://www.bookrags.com/criticism/cyberpunk_01/ Copyright Information ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale‚ a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved. ©2000-2011 BookRags‚ Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Critical Essay by John Fekete SOURCE: "The Post-Liberal Mind/Body‚ Postmodern
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official state postal system. Before we move on to the story of the novel‚ we must first remind ourselves of the postmodern novel and what constitutes a postmodern literature. Postmodern literature‚ as postmodernism as a whole‚ is very hard to define for there are no standards for it nor are there any founding fathers‚ writers who set the standards for it. We could say that postmodern literature is a continuation of the experimantation started by the modernist writers and authors and their usage of fragmentation
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6. The emergence and proliferation of feminist‚ multiethnic‚ multicultural‚ and postcolonial literature since the 1970s is the most dramatic and significant manifestation of the de-centering and de-marginalization defining both postmodernity and postmodernism 7. Postmodern literature arose after World War II as a series of reactions against the perceived norms of modernist literature. 8. Postmodern writers include: Kurt Vonnegut‚ Joseph Heller‚ David Foster Wallace 9. a time marked by
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B) Whose self? In the early parts of the novel‚ Oedipa runs into people with multiple names and identities‚ or who are actor sor compulsive role-players. (She herself gets the name tag “Arnold Snarb” stuck on her.) Later‚ the men around her start dissolving or disappearing in even more drastic ways. Obviously‚ this sense of psychic variability is a result of Pynchon’s method characterization‚ which gives surface traits rather than psychological depth; still‚ its good to remember that Hollywood is
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1. Why do we need to study literature? * Literature is filled with ideas that need to be explored. * Literature helps us to see our world in new ways. It brings us to a deeper understanding of life. * It is important to study literature since when we begin the study of literature‚we find it has always two aspects‚one of the simple enjoyment and appreciation and the other of analysis and exact description. Usually what happen when we go through literature in our classroom either by
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