230249 Postmodern British Fiction (S) (SoSe 2019)

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“What happened to the truth is not recorded.” – Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot, p. 134

In this seminar, we are going to analyse contemporary British literary and cultural products as examples of postmodern fiction. We will discuss what postmodernism is, how it relates to modernism and poststructuralism, and why it features prominently in recent discussions of fake news and alternative facts. By discussing its historical development as well as the basic theoretical approaches to postmodernism we are going to explore its link to irony, black humour, parody, and playfulness.

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weekly Mi 12-14 U2-217 01.04.-12.07.2019
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23-ANG-AngVM1 Vertiefungsmodul 1: Britain 1.2 British Literature: Genre, Periods, Authors Study requirement
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Faculty of Linguistics and Literary Studies
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