ENG 2092 POSTMODERNISM AND FEMINISM 20th Century
For many, the term postmodernism refers to a historical period that stretches from the 1960s to the present, marked by developments such as the Cold War, rise in technology and the growth of the suburbs as a cultural force. The purpose of this study is to look at the impact of this movement as it shaped the literary productions of the twentieth century. Literature does not exist in a vacuum?it exists within its socio-economic, historical, political, and religious times frames. It often draws from the changes that society experiences?from cartographic realignments of societies, from revolutions and most notably, recent wars. We will examine some of the themes and techniques of post-modernism: inter-textuality, hyper-textuality, pastiche, metafiction, fabulation, magical realism, techno-culture, etc. Writers include Rushdie, Murakami, Orhan Pamuk, Gloria Anzaldua -- and publications such as McSweeney's, The Believer, and the fiction pages of The New Yorker.