From Postmodernism to Post-postmodernism: A Study of Jonathan Franzen's Freedom | ||||
| مجلة البحث العلمي في الآداب | ||||
| Article 1, Volume 18, Issue 5, December 2017, Page 1-42 PDF (629.15 K) | ||||
| Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jssa.2017.11189 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| Waleed Samir i Ali | ||||
| Lecturer of English Literature Faculty of Education, Tanta University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The catastrophic September 11, 2001 events did not only mark a new epoch in contemporary world history, but also ushered in the beginning of a new phase in literary history. It signaled the demise of postmodernism, which flourished during the period from 1960s to 1990s, and inaugurated a new phase in American fiction referred to by some critics as post-postmodernism, late postmodernism or new realism. A study of Franzen's Freedom (2010) reveals it as a post-postmodernist novel which attempts to depict the post 9/11 American society. This paper attempts to show that the black irony or cynical detachment of the long acclaimed postmodernism can no longer represent the post 9/11 reality. It also tries to show that human experience could no longer be rendered through fragmented characters or plotless narrative. A study of Freedom reveals Franzen’s adoption of several devices that are characteristic of post-postmodernism in addition to employing other devices that pertain to postmodernism. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Postmodernism. Post-postmodernism. Franzen. Freedom. Technique | ||||
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