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Define playfulness in terms of postmodernism
Use of wordplay, irony, and other techniques to make the reader dizzy, thus muddling the story
What type of point of view was used in the Penelopiad
- First-person limited POV for Penelope
- Collective first-person limited POV for the twelve maids
When did Postmodernism begin?
1960s
List all the characteristics of Postmodernism
Randomness, playfulness, fragmentation, metafiction, intertextuality, point of view and rewrites
What 2 words describe POV in PM?
Hint they start with I_______ & M________
incoherent and mysterious
What is the effect of randomness in Penelopiad?
Readers are prevented from knowing the truth, only knowing what is a lie and false due to contrasts between POVs
What effect does The Penelopaid have by being a rewrite?
It gives a voice to those who didn't have one in the Odyssey, (Penelope (woman) and the Twelve Maids (lower class)
What is the difference between postmodernism and modernism?
Modernism saw meaningless as depressing; Postmodernism saw this as fun. 2 periods in the 20th century. Postmodernism reacted to modernism and built on the ideas in more detail.
What is postmodernism?
Literary movement that eschews absolute meaning and instead emphasises play, fragmentation, metafiction, and intertextuality
Name the author of The Great Gatsby, and the book written by Thomas Pynchon
F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Crying of Lot 49
How does Penelope create fragmentation in the Penelopiad?
By describing her side of her husbands legacy, her current day-to-day, and how she sees the current world, all from the underworld
What is metafiction in postmodernism?
Self-conscious fiction calls attention to the techniques which create a fictional work, so the reader is aware they are reading a story
What influenced the rise of Postmodernism?
reaction against modernism, human rights violations, people wanting change etc. authors thought the only way to go was to embrace the meaningless fully.
What was the objective of postmodernism?
To divert conventional traditions by experimenting with new literary devices, forms, genres, and styles
Finish the quote: "his _________, his wiliness, his foxiness, his – how can I ____ this? – his _______________"
slipperiness, put, unscrupulousness