From Puritanism to Postmodernism

Bradbury, Malcolm; Ruland, Richard; Wagner‐Martin, Linda

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“…(1987), where he sketches that: "postmodernism as a literary movement … is now in its final phase of decadence" (as cited in Sim, 2011, p. 111). Bradbury and Ruland (1991) also suggest that postmodern literature is that writerly production of the period from the 1960s to the 1980s, and that anything that came after 1990 is to be under the category of 'post-postmodernism', or as postpomo.…”

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The Literature of Exhausted Possibility: The Entanglement of Postmodern Fiction

Larbi

2019

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Postmodern literature, fiction in particular, is, according to Barth (1984), a literature of exhausted possibility due to its entangled thematic and technical approach which defies the conventional modern fictional form. It reflects the zeitgeist or the spirit of postmodernism which is regarded as a revaluation of the modern enterprise; an enterprise that embodies universality and coherence. The present research paper attempts to address the recurrent thematic element that postmodern fiction revolves around: that of the presence of the historiographic element in postmodern fiction which reflects in itself the evaluation of past history; such a fictional preoccupation reflects the major postmodern philosophers' and thinkers' concerns, such as those of Lyotard and Baudrillard, on the impossibility for the existence of a universal coherent history. This criterion is one amongst other criteria that justify the exhaustion of postmodern fiction.

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The Literature of Exhausted Possibility: The Entanglement of Postmodern Fiction

Larbi

2019

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“…Professional expertise and vigilance are two ways to build a strong sense of self-worth and authority. Liberty Paints fires him for his sloppy work and lack of competence(Ruland & Bradbury, 1992). Similarly, he learns through personal experience that he, like many other black people, has been a victim of the two extremes represented by Dr. Herbert Bledsoe and Ras, who are servitude and radical violence.…”

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“Where Do We Go From Here!”: The Dilemma of Black Americans in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man: Analytical Perspectives

Al-Nuaimi¹

2022

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Invisible Man is an American novel that is written by Ralph Ellison which is used as an example of how African Americans have lost their identity in the United States and how they may regain it. According to the text, the pain and struggle of black people to build their own identity may be traced back to white people's perceptions of racial discrimination and the flaws of black people. It tells the story of the protagonist's search for solutions to transcend his pain and build a sense of self-identity. Rather of just complying to society's predetermined obligations, the narrator attempts to develop himself as a complicated person.

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“…The final piece to the puzzle of Barker's dystopia comes in the form of postmodernism. Reaching its heyday in the 1980s and 1990s, postmodernism has been described by Ruland and Bradbury (1992) as reflecting "a moment of creative exhaustion, of labyrinthine aesthetic pluralism, or critical mystification, an age of decadence" (p. 427). Reflecting the rudderless self-criticism of Western intellectuals after the fall of communism, postmodernism perceived the world as consisting of a series of "narratives", each of which it sought to deconstruct.…”

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Free Speech and Digital Discourse in Nicola Barker’s "H(A)PPY"

Darlington

2020

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<p>Nicola Barker’s <em>H(A)PPY</em> (2017) depicts a dystopian future in which all speech is monitored and regulated. Politically dubious topics are flagged, metanarratives like religion and history are censored, and even words expressing heightened emotional states are marked as dangerous. Barker uses innovative techniques to visualise the warping of language under conditions of totalitarian surveillance. In analysing Barker’s novel, this paper applies the findings of digital discourse studies to the novel’s content while arguing that its experimental techniques reflect a distinct break from the digital information stream. Barker’s innovations are a formal route to escape the deadlock of our current politics.</p>

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From Puritanism to Postmodernism

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The Literature of Exhausted Possibility: The Entanglement of Postmodern Fiction

The Literature of Exhausted Possibility: The Entanglement of Postmodern Fiction

“Where Do We Go From Here!”: The Dilemma of Black Americans in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man: Analytical Perspectives

Free Speech and Digital Discourse in Nicola Barker’s "H(A)PPY"

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