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Postmodernism, Twenty-first Century Culture, and American Fiction
Matt Graham
其他書名
Establishing the Continuum
出版Routledge, 2024
主題Literary Criticism / GeneralLiterary Criticism / American / GeneralLiterary Criticism / Modern / 21st CenturyPhilosophy / Aesthetics
ISBN10325560059781032556000
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=LSeC0AEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋"Postmodernism's 'end' is a complex and contentious topic. Yet, one overarching consensus emerges: the postmodern has been surpassed. This book poses a thought experiment challenging this position - what if postmodernism persists within the twenty-first century? Rather than designate a new epoch or coherent movement, this book interrogates the fragmented, contradictory, and counterintuitive endurance of postmodern aesthetics within post-Cold War America. By decoupling postmodern aesthetics from their twentieth century historical location, an alternative use of postmodern aesthetics becomes possible. Collectively, these repetitions posit a postmodern continuum, contrasting the widely called for succession of postmodernism via this decoupling. When postmodern aesthetics are no longer unconsciously repeated within their cultural moment, this emergent shift within a period 'after' postmodernism presents an alternative historical positioning and use. After their cultural vanguard, postmodern aesthetics become a confrontation of the chaotic realism of an inescapable post-Cold War capitalism, tapping into this cultural zeitgeist through literature"--