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1、ThePosteverythingGenerationIneverexpectedtogainanynewinsightintothenatureofmygeneration,orthechanginglandscapeofAmericancolleges,inLitTheory.LitTheoryissupposedtobetheclasswhereyousitatthebackoftheroomwitheveryotherjadedsophomorewearingskinnyjeans,thick-frame
2、dglasses,anironictee-shirtandover-sizedretroheadphones,justwaitingforlecturetobeoversoyoucanlightupaTurkishGoldandwalktolunchwhilelisteningtoWilco.That’sprettymuchthewayIspentthecourse,too:throughstructuralism,formalism,gendertheory,andpost-colonialism,Iwasfa
3、rtoobusyshufflingthroughmyIpodtoseewhatthepatriarchalworldorderofcapitalistoppressionhadtodowithEthanFrome.Butwhenwebegantostudypostmodernism,somethingstruckachordwithmeandmademesitupandlookanewattheseeminglyblasécollege-agedliteratiofwhichIwassoself-consciou
4、slyone.Accordingtomytextbook,theproblemwithdefiningpostmodernismisthatit’simpossible.Thedifficultyisthatitisso...post.Itdefinesitselfsonegativelyagainstwhatcamebeforeit–naturalism,romanticismandthewildrevolutionofmodernism–thatit’ssometimeshardtoseewhatitactu
5、allyis.Itdeniesthatanythingcanbeexplainedneatlyorevenatall.Itisparodic,detached,strange,andsometimesmenacingtotraditionalistswhodonotunderstandit.Althoughitaroseinthepost-warwest(thetermwascoinedin1949),thegenerationthathaswitnesseditsascendancehasyettocomeup
6、withanexplanationofwhatpostmodernattitudesmeanforthefutureofcultureorsociety.Thesubjectintriguedmebecause,inaclassotherwiseconsumedbydead-lettertheories,postmodernismremainedanopenbook,temptingtotheyoungandcurious.Butitalsointriguedmebecausethequestionofwhatp
7、ostmodernism–whatamovementsopost-everything,soreticenttodefineitself–isspoketoalargerquestionaboutthepoliticalandpopularcultureoftoday,oftheotherjadedsophomoressittingaroundmewhohadgrownupinapostmodernworld.Inmanyways,asacollege-agedgeneration,wearealsoextrem
8、elypost:post-ColdWar,post-industrial,post-babyboom,post-9/11...atonepointinhisfamousessay,“Postmodernism,ortheCulturalLogicofLateCapitalism,”literarycriticFredericJamesonevencallsus“post-
