The following stylistic techniques are often found in Post Modern Writing:
Pastiche- the taking of ideas from various writings and literary styles and combining them to make new styles
Intertextuality- the acknowledgement of previous literary works within another literary work
Metafiction- the act of writing about writing or bringing attention to readers the fictional nature of the literature
Temporal Distortion- the use of non-linear timelines and narrative techniques in a story
Minimalism- the use of characters and events which are decidedly common and non-exceptional characters
Maximalism- disorganized, lengthy, highly detailed writing
Magical Realism- the introduction of impossible or unrealistic events into a narrative that is otherwise unrealistic
Faction- the mixing of actual historical events with fictional events without clearly defining what is factual and what is fictional
Reader Involvement- often through direct address to the reader and the open acknowledgment of the fictional nature of the events being described
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Pastiche- the taking of ideas from various writings and literary styles and combining them to make new styles
Intertextuality- the acknowledgement of previous literary works within another literary work
Metafiction- the act of writing about writing or bringing attention to readers the fictional nature of the literature
Temporal Distortion- the use of non-linear timelines and narrative techniques in a story
Minimalism- the use of characters and events which are decidedly common and non-exceptional characters
Maximalism- disorganized, lengthy, highly detailed writing
Magical Realism- the introduction of impossible or unrealistic events into a narrative that is otherwise unrealistic
Faction- the mixing of actual historical events with fictional events without clearly defining what is factual and what is fictional
Reader Involvement- often through direct address to the reader and the open acknowledgment of the fictional nature of the events being described
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- Topics dealing with the complex absurdity of contemporary life - moral and philosophical relativism, loss of faith in political and moral authority, alienation
- Employing black humor, parody, grotesque, absurdity, and travesty
- Erasing boundaries between "low" and "high" culture
- Lack of a grand narrative
- Avoiding traditional closure of themes or situations
- Condemning commercialism, hedonism, mass production, and economic globalism
- Reality represented through language
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Common Post Modern Themes:
- Iron
- Playfulness
- Black Humor
- Post World War Two
- No Real Truth
- Skepticism