[New-Poetry] modernism/postmodernism

[Jeff Newberry]

Good point, Jim.

Postmodern prose writers, however, have used genre fiction in various
interestingly serious ways.  Jonathan Lethem's *Gun with Occasional
Music*comes to mind.

Other examples in prose?

Jeff

On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 6:12 PM, <jforjames at aol.com> wrote:

> From that academic link Jeff posted, this is one of the primary tenets of
> postmodernism:
> 7. A rejection of the distinction between "high" and "low" or popular
> culture, both in choice of materials used to produce art and in methods of
> displaying, distributing, and consuming art.
>
> And yet, in 99% cases, the postmodern artist is using pop-culture, folk
> art, etc., in a comic or wry way. Not taking it seriously. Using it as
> a foil. Playing with a low genre for higher purposes.
> Finnegan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Newberry jeff.newberry at gmail.com
>
> Here's a web source I've used in the American literature survey I'm
> teaching this term:  *
> http://www.colorado.edu/English/courses/ENGL2012Klages/pomo.html
> *
>
>
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