ENG 346 - Postmodern American Literature: The Pursuit of Meaning: Process and Provocation

Postmodern texts and films undermine the linear sequences of cause and effect that we find in traditional fictions. They often defy normal logic, and since language is built on grammatical logic” a subject, a verb, the action upon an object” how can we ever get a grip on what appears to be non-rational, random and unprecedented? How do structure and styles change to accommodate this new perspective? Postmodernism also wrestles with the unknowability and inaccessibility of other people and ourselves.

Credits 1

Area
Humanities

Connection
20059

Division
Arts and Humanities

Compass Attributes
Humanities