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American Literature through Time

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Postmodernism
1946-Present

Content:
people observe life as the media presents it, rather than experiencing life directly
popular culture saturates people's lives
absurdity and coincidence

Genre/Style:
mixing of fantasy with nonfiction; blurs lines of reality for reader
no heroes
concern with individual in isolation
detached, unemotional
usually humorless
narratives
metafiction
present tense
magic realism

Effect:
erodes distinctions between classes of people
insists that values are not permanent but only "local" or "historical"

Historical Context:
post-World War II prosperity
media culture interprets values
                                                                                                      

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