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Postmodernism

Postmodernism. Owen Bott, Sagar Shah, Amber Ali, & Rebecca Hernandez Period 12 – 13. Historical context. 1946 – Present day World War II  Disoriented perception of life Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima  Distrust of technology

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Postmodernism

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  1. Postmodernism Owen Bott, Sagar Shah, Amber Ali, & Rebecca Hernandez Period 12 – 13

  2. Historical context 1946 – Present day • World War II  Disoriented perception of life • Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima  Distrust of technology • Excess of Consumption  Many sources of knowledge influence writers • Cold War  Criticize social injustice through fictional characters and events • Civil Rights Movement  Many become involved in society

  3. Tenet 1: Temporal Distortion The course of events will occur out of order. SHIFT: story uses chronological timeline story uses nonlinear timeline Author may jump forwards or backwards in time. Historical or cultural references that do not fit into context.

  4. Temporal Distortion Examples “Post-Modernism” by James Galvin: Writing is in present-tense, but speaks of historical events Poem shifts from summer to winter Distortions in time are shown in Kurt Vonnegut’s novel Slaughterhouse-Five. The main character, Bill Pilgrim is traveling through time:“This was when Billy first came unstuck in time. His attention began to swing grandly through the full arc of his life, passing into death, which was violet light. There wasn't anybody else there, or anything. There was just violet light – and a hum.” (Vonnegut 11)

  5. Tenet 2: Technology The application of scientific knowledge becomes a prominent aspect in literature. • SHIFT:Increasing use in technology • Rejection of Modernism • Changed traditional means of communication and the way things are done • Authors mirror actual advertisements, and place their characters in situations which they cannot escape technology.

  6. technology Examples “Post-Modernism” by James Galvin: Bomb dropping on Hiroshima, evil of technology “Avant-garde” (Line 3) In The Road by Cormac McCarthy, it is hinted that technology may have been the cause of this post-apocalyptical world. “There were electric torches that didnt work. He found a box of batteries and leaking an acid goo but some looked okay.” (McCarthy 140)

  7. Tenet 3: Pastiche Imitation of a unique style in a respectful manner. Playful mimicry. Represent ideas about the past through stereotypes and clichés “Cannibalism of the past” – Marxist Fredrick Jameson • SHIFT to technology • Mass media • Over-familiar with the forms of mass culture

  8. Pastiche Examples • “Post-Modernism” by James Galvin • “A pinup of Rita Hayworth was taped […]” (Line 1) • Austin Powers • Las Vegas • “The Traveler” by Dave McClure – pastiche of “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe “Long ago upon a hilltop (let me finish then I will stop)I espied a curious traveler where no traveler was before.As I raised an arm in greeting all at once he took to beatingat the air like one entreating passing boats to come ashorelike a castaway repeating empty movements from the shoreor an over-eager whore.” “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.“‘Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door -Only this, and nothing more.””

  9. Tenet 4: Participation Attempt to involve reader as much as possible SHIFT: Authordoes not involve reader  Reader involvement. • Response to modernism. • Asks reader questions • Allows reader to infer and make decisions regarding course of novel

  10. participation Examples • “Post Modernism” by James Galvin • “I’ll give you a hint” ( line 14) • Do I know him?” ( line 24) • “The Traveler” by Dave McClure • “Long ago upon a hilltop (let me finish then I will stop)I espied a curious traveler where no traveler was before.As I raised an arm in greeting all at once he took to beatingat the air like one entreating passing boats to come ashorelike a castaway repeating empty movements from the shoreor an over-eager whore.”

  11. Tenet 5: Magic Realism • Elements of dream or fantasy are incorporated into realistic fiction • SHIFT: Modern realistic fiction  Fiction with magical elements • Return of previously deceased characters • Complicated plots • Wild shifts in time • Myths and Fairy Tales becoming part of the narrative

  12. Magic realism examples • “Post Modernism” by James Galvin • “Horses are wishes.” (Line 4) • “They live in both worlds.” (Line 13) • Life of Pi • Slaughterhouse - Five • Harry Potter

  13. Tenet 6: Metafiction • Fiction about fiction. Author writes about writing in attempt to make the reader aware of its fictionality • SHIFT: closed structure  open structure • Allows for flagrant shifts in narrative and impossible jumps in time.

  14. Metafiction Examples • “Post-Modernism” by James Galvin: • “I’ll give you a hint” ( line 14) • Do I know him?” ( line 24) • The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood: “I look back over what I’ve written and I know its wrong, not because of what I’ve set down, but because of what I’ve omitted” (395).

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