/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.4237084]

Can /lit/ define postmodernism

[Anonymous No.4237087]

Yes, but not as well as a solid book on the topic.

[Anonymous No.4237090]

>>4237090
>implying this post is worth referencing

[Anonymous No.4237099]

>>4237099
Check these self-referential dubs

[Anonymous No.4237102]

>>4237090
>>4237099
Nigger what are u doin

[Anonymous No.4237104]

>implying OP topic worth discussing

I'd rather discuss 4237102

[Anonymous No.4237107]

>>4237102
I'd rather get drunk
and write haikus all day to
my slash lit slash bros

[Anonymous No.4237108]

>>4237107

wut

[Anonymous No.4237113]

>>4237108
get drunk on vodka
there is not a postmodern
ur just troll baiting

[Anonymous No.4237120]

>>4237084
you may not read this post unless ur lissening to this this song, k?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKL8fQBX-0Q

Postmoдern лиteratуre иs лиteratуre characterиzeд бy heavy reлиance on technиqуes лиke fragmentatиon, paraдox, anд qуestиonaблe narrators, anд иs often (thoуgh not excлуsиveлy) дefиneд as a styлe or trenд whиch emergeд иn the post–Worлд War ии era. Postmoдern works are seen as a reactиon agaиnst Enлиghtenment thиnkиng anд Moдernиst approaches to лиteratуre.[1]
Postmoдern лиteratуre, лиke postmoдernиsm as a whoлe, tenдs to resиst дefиnиtиon or cлassиfиcatиon as a "movement". иnдeeд, the convergence of postmoдern лиteratуre wиth varиoуs moдes of crиtиcaл theory, partиcулarлy reaдer-response anд дeconstrуctиonиst approaches, anд the sубversиons of the иmpлиcиt contract бetween aуthor, text anд reaдer бy whиch иts works are often characterиseд, have лeд to pre-moдern fиctиons sуch as Cervantes' дon Qуиxote (1605,1615) anд лaуrence Sterne's eиghteenth-centуry satиre Trиstram Shanдy бeиng retrospectиveлy иnдуcteд иnto the foлд.[2][3]
Whилe there иs лиttлe consensуs on the precиse characterиstиcs, scope, anд иmportance of postmoдern лиteratуre, as иs often the case wиth artиstиc movements, postmoдern лиteratуre иs commonлy дefиneд иn reлatиon to a precуrsor. For exampлe, a postmoдern лиterary work tenдs not to concлудe wиth the neatлy tиeд-уp enдиng as иs often foуnд иn moдernиst лиteratуre, буt often paroдиes иt. Postmoдern aуthors tenд to ceлeбrate chance over craft, anд fуrther empлoy metafиctиon to уnдermиne the wrиter's aуthorиty. Another characterиstиc of postmoдern лиteratуre иs the qуestиonиng of диstиnctиons бetween hиgh anд лow cулtуre throуgh the уse of pastиche, the comбиnatиon of sубjects anд genres not prevиoуsлy дeemeд fиt for лиteratуre.[cиtatиon neeдeд]

[Anonymous No.4237122]

>>4237084
Im not exactly sure, but from what I can tell, its something like this.

There are normal belief structures, normal expectations of life and how good and bad it can get. Central beliefs are based on the enlightenment, with capital R Reason and Science giving rise to optimism about the human condition.

WW1 happens

People reevaluate their lives and existence, realizing that humanity as a whole is capable of horrific things on a much bigger scale than once thought. What follows is modernism. Essentially its looking for a way out of what lead to WW1. Modernism is critical of Reason and Science (among many things), because that led to WW1.

WW2 happens.

People reevaluate again, realizing that modernism must have been wrong. Essentially, the horrors of humanity are accepted rather than denied like in modernism. In modernism, ww1 was something that could be avoided, with post-modernism, ww2 affirms that this is simply how the world is now, and we must learn to live with it rather than seek some other utopia.

Also communism, imperialism, globalization, feminism, and rise of the digital age, though that last one might be part of whatever comes after post-modernism.

The main thing is that the romanticism and optimism that came from the enlightenment and the movements that reacted to it are gone

[Anonymous No.4237125]

>>4237122
HITLER!

HITLER WAS THE ULTIMATE ARTIST. HE WENT FROM CLASSICAL TO POSTMODERN IN A VERY DRASTIC WAY.

[Anonymous No.4237128]

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[Anonymous No.4237131]

>>4237084
TL;DR the point of postmodernism is that moderism isn't the ultimate form of art, so thereby you can disobey the classic and modernist rules and still be considered great

[Anonymous No.4237132]

>>4237125
pic related
>>4237128
I remember when this was a thing.

[Anonymous No.4237558]

>>4237090
What is this sorcery?

[Anonymous No.4237728]

>>4237131
So is a reactionary movement.

[Anonymous No.4237735]

>>4237132
This is awful.

[Anonymous No.4237750]

>>4237090
EVERY DAY ON /lit/ IS A SCATHING APOCALYPTIC REMINDER THAT MY BODY AND SIDES WILL NEVER BE READY FOR /lit/

[Anonymous No.4237767]

>>4237090
>>4237767

Oh God, they go unusually dark.

[Anonymous No.4237775]

everything i dislike about society and culture.

[Anonymous No.4237784]

Out of
>>4237090
Nothing
>>4237099
Stranger
>>4237767
Flowers
>>4237788
(Check the future dubs)
>>4237784
Bloom

[Anonymous No.4237788]

Just time travelin.

[Anonymous No.4237921]

>>4237788
>>4237784
Someone made a program that manipulate the numbers?

[Anonymous No.4237930]

>>4237921
>Someone made a program that manipulate the numbers?
No, /lit/'s just slow as fuck.