post modern fiction
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FROM: Mary Zadow <[removed]@mpl.on.ca>
REC'D: 1/16/03, 11:18 AM
Mary Zadow
Milton Public Library
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Milton, Ontario
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FROM: Alisa Alering <[removed]@indiana.edu>
REC'D: 1/16/03, 11:28 AM
On Thursday, January 16, 2003, at 12:05 PM, Mary Zadow wrote:
> I have a young man looking for "Post modern fiction" His friend
> told him it was worth reading but neglected to give him any
> suggestions. I suggested Douglas Coupland, Brett Easton Ellis,
> William Gibson and Ethan Hawke, also found him the Generation X
> list from the fictionl archives. Any other authors you can
> recommend would be greatly appreciated, I will post a list if I
> get that many
> Thanks in advance
>
> Mary Zadow
> Milton Public Library
> 45 Bruce St
> Milton, Ontario
> L9T 2L5
> phone: 905 875-2665 ext 3268
> fax: 905 875-4324
>
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FROM: "Siewert, Karl" <[removed]@tulsalibrary.org>
REC'D: 1/16/03, 12:11 PM
If he's looking for young and gritty, I'd suggest Chuck Palahniuk and Irvine
Welsh. If he wants loopy, try Christopher Moore and Tom Robbins.
Oh, and a keyword search in our OPAC brings up a book called _The postmodern
novel in Latin America : politics, culture, and the crisis of truth_ by
Raymond Leslie Williams
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> Subject: post modern fiction
> From: "Mary Zadow" <[removed]@mpl.on.ca>
> Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:05:02 -0500
>
> I have a young man looking for "Post modern fiction" His
> friend told
> him it was worth reading but neglected to give him any
> suggestions. I
> suggested Douglas Coupland, Brett Easton Ellis, William
> Gibson and Ethan
> Hawke, also found him the Generation X list from the fictionl
> archives. Any other authors you can recommend would be greatly
> appreciated, I will post a list if I get that many
> Thanks in advance
>
> Mary Zadow
> Milton Public Library
> 45 Bruce St
> Milton, Ontario
> L9T 2L5
> phone: 905 875-2665 ext 3268
> fax: 905 875-4324
>
>
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FROM: "Hogan, Jean E." <[removed]@nvcc.edu>
REC'D: 1/16/03, 1:59 PM
-----Original Message-----
From: Alisa Alering [[removed]@indiana.edu]
Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 12:24 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: post modern fiction
Authors included in the Norton Anthology "Postmodern American Fiction":
Thomas Pychon
William Burroughs
Donald Barthelme
William Gass
Carole Maso
Audre Lorde
Lynda Barry
Laurie Anderson
Mark Leyner
Art Spiegelman
Paul Auster
Kathy Acker
William Vollmann
David Foster Wallace
Don DeLillo
John Barth
Maxine Hong Kingston
Joanna Russ
Neal Stephenson
On Thursday, January 16, 2003, at 12:05 PM, Mary Zadow wrote:
> I have a young man looking for "Post modern fiction" His friend
> told him it was worth reading but neglected to give him any
> suggestions. I suggested Douglas Coupland, Brett Easton Ellis,
> William Gibson and Ethan Hawke, also found him the Generation X
> list from the fictionl archives. Any other authors you can
> recommend would be greatly appreciated, I will post a list if I
> get that many
> Thanks in advance
>
> Mary Zadow
> Milton Public Library
> 45 Bruce St
> Milton, Ontario
> L9T 2L5
> phone: 905 875-2665 ext 3268
> fax: 905 875-4324
>
>
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FROM: David Wright <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 1/16/03, 2:21 PM
That said, here's a little canned definition from
Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature.
(You'll find a more thorough discussion in 'The
Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary
Theory,' a nice book to have on hand)
postmodern:Of or relating to any of several
artistic movements that have challenged the
philosophy and practices of modern arts or
literature since about the 1940s. In literature
this has amounted to a reaction against an
ordered view of the world and therefore against
fixed ideas about the form and meaning of texts.
This reaction is reflected in eclectic styles of
writing through the use of such devices as
pastiche and parody as well as in the development
of such concepts as the absurd, the antihero and
the antinovel, and magic realism. The perception
of the relativity of meaning has also led to a
proliferation of critical theories, most notably
deconstruction and its offshoots.
(me again) If you've been through a grad
department in the past 15 years, and you're
inclined to think this is all a crock, you will
LOVE Frederick Crews 'Postmodern Pooh,' a sequel
to his brilliant lit crit satire 'The Pooh
Perplex' that shows us just how much Higher and
Deeper its been Piled in the past generation.
David Wright
Seattle Public Library
--- "Hogan, Jean E." <[removed]@nvcc.edu> wrote:
> So, what defines 'postmodern'; how is it
> different from 'modern' and what
> came before it?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alisa Alering
> [[removed]@indiana.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 12:24 PM
> To: Fiction_L
> Subject: Re: post modern fiction
>
>
> Authors included in the Norton Anthology
> "Postmodern American Fiction":
> Thomas Pychon
> William Burroughs
> Donald Barthelme
> William Gass
> Carole Maso
> Audre Lorde
> Lynda Barry
> Laurie Anderson
> Mark Leyner
> Art Spiegelman
> Paul Auster
> Kathy Acker
> William Vollmann
> David Foster Wallace
> Don DeLillo
> John Barth
> Maxine Hong Kingston
> Joanna Russ
> Neal Stephenson
>
>
> On Thursday, January 16, 2003, at 12:05 PM,
> Mary Zadow wrote:
>
> > I have a young man looking for "Post modern
> fiction" His friend
> > told him it was worth reading but neglected
> to give him any
> > suggestions. I suggested Douglas
> Coupland, Brett Easton Ellis,
> > William Gibson and Ethan Hawke, also
> found him the Generation X
> > list from the fictionl archives. Any other
> authors you can
> > recommend would be greatly appreciated, I
> will post a list if I
> > get that many
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Mary Zadow
> > Milton Public Library
> > 45 Bruce St
> > Milton, Ontario
> > L9T 2L5
> > phone: 905 875-2665 ext 3268
> > fax: 905 875-4324
> >
> >
> >
>
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FROM: BookBitch <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 1/16/03, 2:39 PM
I found some information about postmodernism on a
website (that I had condensed) for my reading
group discussion of V by Thomas Pynchon:
Postmodern literature often uses confusing
chronology, jumping from one historical period to
another and from one character's thoughts to
another character's thoughts without any
indication at all.
Postmodern stories and novels often rely on
parody or satire, revealing little tolerance for
aspects of our culture that typically evoke
reverence.
The postmodern text reveals skepticism about the
ability of art to create meaning, about the
ability of history to reveal truth, about the
ability of language to convey reality. All of
that skepticism leads to fragmented, open-ended,
self-reflexive stories that are intellectually
fascinating but often difficult to grasp on the
first read. Postmodern literature needs multiple
readings as the author is often trying very hard
to disorient you. It often relies on sharp
juxtaposition of voices and historical periods
and can present some of the most difficult
reading out there, but it also offers some of the
best intellectual challenges.
And that just about sums up Pynchon. Jonathan
Franzen is probably the most popular
postmodernist due to the Oprah brouhaha. Being
popular is apparently an anathema to
postmodernists. :)
Hope this helps.
Stacy Alesi
Southwest County Regional Library
Palm Beach County Library System
www.pbclibrary.org
(and part time English major)
--- "Hogan, Jean E." <[removed]@nvcc.edu> wrote:
> So, what defines 'postmodern'; how is it
> different from 'modern' and what
> came before it?
>
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