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1、ThePosteverythingGeneration后一切的一代Ineverexpectedtogainanynewinsightintothenatureofmygeneration,orthechanginglandscapeofAmericancolleges,inLitTheory.LitTheoryissupposedtobetheclasswhereyousitatthebackoftheroomwitheveryotherjadedsophomorewearingskinnyjeans,thick-framedglasses,anironi
2、ctee-shirtandover-sizedretroheadphones,justwaitingforlecturetobeoversoyoucanlightupaTurkishGoldandwalktolunchwhilelisteningtoWilco.That’sprettymuchthewayIspentthecourse,too:throughstructuralism,formalism,gendertheory,andpost-colonialism,IwasfartoobusyshufflingthroughmyIpodtoseewha
3、tthepatriarchalworldorderofcapitalistoppressionhadtodowithEthanFrome.Butwhenwebegantostudypostmodernism,somethingstruckachordwithmeandmademesitupandlookanewattheseeminglyblasécollege-agedliteratiofwhichIwassoself-consciouslyone.我从没指望通过文学理论课来了解我这一代人的特征，或者是了解美国的大学是如何发生变化的。文学理论这门课完全就
4、是让你在课堂上装酷的——坐在教室后座，周围都是有着疲惫倦容的大二学生，戴着宽框眼镜和超大号的复古式耳机，身穿印着讽刺意味话语的T恤和紧身牛仔裤，就盼着早点下课，好让你一边点根土耳其金烟（TurkishGold）一边听着照办乐队（Wilco）的歌往食堂方向走。一边努力听着结构主义、形式主义、性别理论和后殖民主义等艰深话题，一边这就是我在课堂上消磨时间的方式。可是当我们开始学习后现代主义时，我突然咔嗒一声开了窍，使我为之一振，开始重新审视我乏味的大学生活——我身体里作为文人的自我觉醒了。Accordingtomytextbook,theproblemwithd
5、efiningpostmodernismisthatit’simpossible.Thedifficultyisthatitisso...post.Itdefinesitselfsonegativelyagainstwhatcamebeforeit–naturalism,romanticismandthewildrevolutionofmodernism–thatit’ssometimeshardtoseewhatitactuallyis.Itdeniesthatanythingcanbeexplainedneatlyorevenatall.Itispar
6、odic,detached,strange,andsometimesmenacingtotraditionalistswhodonotunderstandit.Althoughitaroseinthepost-warwest(thetermwascoinedin1949),thegenerationthathaswitnesseditsascendancehasyettocomeupwithanexplanationofwhatpostmodernattitudesmeanforthefutureofcultureorsociety.Thesubjecti
7、ntriguedmebecause,inaclassotherwiseconsumedbydead-lettertheories,postmodernismremainedanopenbook,temptingtotheyoungandcurious.Butitalsointriguedmebecausethequestionofwhatpostmodernism–whatamovementsopost-everything,soreticenttodefineitself–isspoketoalargerquestionaboutthepolitical
8、andpopularcultureoftoday,oftheoth
