Postmodernism in Literature question n answers graded A+ 2023/2024

Postmodernism in LiteratureIrony, black humor, playfulness - correct answer Treat serious subjects in a playful and humorous way, often as commentary (ex: insensitivity about man squashed in elevator, page 9) Techno culture and Hyperreality - correct answer Simulations have replaced the real; often dealt with using characteristic irony and pastiche (ex: The Gutless Wonder) Metafiction - correct answer Writing about writing; making the artificiality of art or the fictionality of fiction apparent to the reader and generally disregarding the necessity for willing suspension of disbelief (ex: Describes interactions with Mary O'Hare and Children's Crusade, page 14) Intertextuality/Pastiche - correct answer Related to postmodern intertextuality; "paste" together multiple elements. Can be a homage to or a parody of past styles; can be seen as a representation of the chaotic, pluralistic, or information-drenched aspects of postmodern society (ex: Inclusion of Mackay's criticism of crusades, page 15) Fabulism - correct answer A rejection of realism which holds that literature is a created work and not bound by notions of mimesis and verisimilitude; challenges traditional notions of literature, integrates other traditional notions of storytelling, including fantastical elements, such as magic and myth, or elements from popular genres such as science fiction (ex: Time-space travel) Poioumena - correct answer A specific type of metafiction in which the story is about the process of creation of the story. (ex: "I would hate to tell you what this lousy little book cost me in money and anxiety and time" (Vonnegut, 2)) Historiographic metafiction - correct answer Works that fictionalize actual historical events or figures (ex: bombing of Dresden) Temporal Distortion - correct answer Fragmentation and non-linear narratives, often used for the sake of irony (ex: when travels from trek with 3 musketeers back to pool) Magic Realism - correct answer Juxtaposition of the realistic and the fantastic or bizarre in a casual, surreal manner (ex: Tralfamadorian abduction) Paranoia - correct answer The belief that there's an ordering system behind the chaos of the world (ex: Tralfamadorians, USA's role in Dresden) Minimalism - correct answer A focus on a surface description where readers are expected to take an active role in the creation of a story; the characters in minimalist stories and novels tend to be unexceptional; neat and tidy Maximalism - correct answer Embraces excess, encourages tangents/authorial experimentation (ex: Whole book is a dense, extremely-detailed life of Billy Pilgrim)