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’ d ” “…in the famous words of Jacques Deridda, ‘il n’y a pas de hors- texte’…”  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”