Postmodern Literature Liceo Scientifico A Einstein School year

Postmodern Literature Liceo Scientifico “A. Einstein” School year: 2014 – 2015 Class: 5 ALS Student: Vitale Elisa

THE FEATURES OF POSTMODERN LITERATURE (from D. Lodge’s Nice Work, chapter II) 1) RELATIVITY is conveyed through § Instability and uncertainty: “Temporary Lecturer in English Literature” § Multilingualism: “there is no such thing as an author, one who originates a work of fiction ‘ad nihilo’ ” “…in the famous words of Jacques Deridda, ‘il n’y a pas de horstexte’…” d § Mixed genders “Robyn Penrose”

THE FEATURES OF POSTMODERN LITERATURE (from D. Lodge’s Nice Work, chapter II) 2) METANARRATION is related to § Intertextuality and production: “Every text is a product of intertextuality” “We produce ourselves in language” § Parody: “She seems to have ordinary human feelings, ambitions, desires … like anyone else in this imperfect world…. I shall therefore take the liberty of treating”

THE FEATURES OF POSTMODERN LITERATURE (from D. Lodge’s Nice Work, chapter II) 3) FRAGMENTATION is related to § Fragmented ‘selves’ “there is no such thing as the ‘self’… that is to say a finite unique soul or essence that constitutes a person’s identity” § Paradox “A characher who, rather awkwardly for me, doesn’t herself believe in the concept of character”