Postmodern Literature
Postmodern literature emerged as a reaction to modernist ideals, questioning objective truths and linear narratives. It embraces fragmentation, paradox, irony, metafiction, pastiche, and intertextuality, highlighting subjective realities, uncertainty, and multiple perspectives, often blending genres and challenging traditional literary conventions.
Postmodern Literature • 6 min read
Trauma, Time, and the Absurdity of War in Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five
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Postmodern Literature • 6 min read
Conspiracy, Paranoia, and the Fragmentation of Reality in Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow
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The Intersection of History and Magical Realism in Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children
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Memory, Trauma, and the Ghosts of Slavery in Morrison’s Beloved
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