Postirony : The Nonfictional Literature of David Foster Wallace and Dave Eggers PDF
by Lukas Hoffmann
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What is 'postirony'? Foremost, it is a response to the ironic zeitgeist. Moreover, it is the key to understanding a specific form of literature. The contemporary reader is familiar with and - unfortunately - used to postmodernism's ironic, self-reflexive metafiction. Authors like David Foster Wallace and Dave Eggers chose a different path: Despite the reign of contemporary irony, they strive to reach the reader on a level beyond, cognitively as well as emotionally - they claim to be sincere and true. Focusing largely on nonfiction by said authors, Lukas Hoffmann explores the means the texts use to achieve something new - namely, a new form of sincerity.
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- Pages:210 pages
- Publisher:transcript Verlag
- Publication Date:27/10/2016
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- Format:PDF
- Pages:210 pages
- Publisher:transcript Verlag
- Publication Date:27/10/2016
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- ISBN:9783839436615