The Postmodern Short Story: Forms and Issues

by Joseph Boyden, Mary Rohrberger, Farhat Iftekharrudin, et al.

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Short stories are usually defined in terms of characteristics of modernism, in which the story begins in the middle, develops according to a truncated plot, and ends with an epiphany. This approach tends to ignore postmodernism, a movement often characterized by a negation of objective reality where plots are seemingly abandoned, surfaces are extraordinary, and symbols turn inward on themselves. This book examines postmodern forms and characteristic...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0313323755

ISBN13:9780313323751

Release Date:December 2003

Publisher:Praeger

Length:296 Pages

Weight:0.10 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.5"

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