Constructing PostmodernismBrian McHale provides a series of readings of a wide range of postmodernist fiction, from Eco's Foucault's Pendulum to the works of cyberpunk science-fiction, relating the works to aspects of postmodern popular culture. |
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... definition, a narrative discipline, and that we are here to tell cooperatively (in Tyler's sense of “cooperative ... defining features of period A; in the righthand column, the contrasting features that define period B. Thus, for example ...
... definition, a narrative discipline, and that we are here to tell cooperatively (in Tyler's sense of “cooperative ... defining features of period A; in the righthand column, the contrasting features that define period B. Thus, for example ...
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... defined postmodernism as “incredulity toward metanarratives” (1984bzxxiv). Scientific (analytical, theoretical) knowledge, he argues, arose in opposition to “traditional” narrative knowledge. Yet because scientific knowledge is ...
... defined postmodernism as “incredulity toward metanarratives” (1984bzxxiv). Scientific (analytical, theoretical) knowledge, he argues, arose in opposition to “traditional” narrative knowledge. Yet because scientific knowledge is ...
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... define what has the right to be said and done in the culture in question, and since they are themselves a part of that culture, they are legitimated by the simple fact that they do what they do” (1984bz23).1 Lyotard is not alone in ...
... define what has the right to be said and done in the culture in question, and since they are themselves a part of that culture, they are legitimated by the simple fact that they do what they do” (1984bz23).1 Lyotard is not alone in ...
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... define the “ 'post-modern' attitude” which his little story, he says, demonstrates: “Maybe you would characterize this attitude as a mixture of world weariness and cleverness, an attempt to make you think that I'm half kidding, though ...
... define the “ 'post-modern' attitude” which his little story, he says, demonstrates: “Maybe you would characterize this attitude as a mixture of world weariness and cleverness, an attempt to make you think that I'm half kidding, though ...
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Contents
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Misreading Pynchon | 59 |
Reading postmodernists | 142 |
At the interface | 223 |
Notes | 268 |
References | 308 |
Index | 325 |
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