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1、ThePosteverythingGeneration“后”一切的一代Ineverexpectedtogainanynewinsightintothenatureofmygeneration,orthechanginglandscapeofAmericancolleges,inLitTheory.LitTheoryissupposedtobetheclasswhereyousitatthebackoftheroomwitheveryotherjadedsophomorewearingskinnyjeans,thick-framedglasses,an
2、ironictee-shirtandover-sizedretroheadphones,justwaitingforlecturetobeoversoyoucanlightupaTurkishGoldandwalktolunchwhilelisteningtoWilco.That’sprettymuchthewayIspentthecourse,too:throughstructuralism,formalism,gendertheory,andpost-colonialism,IwasfartoobusyshufflingthroughmyIpod
3、toseewhatthepatriarchalworldorderofcapitalistoppressionhadtodowithEthanFrome.Butwhenwebegantostudypostmodernism,somethingstruckachordwithmeandmademesitupandlookanewattheseeminglyblasécollege-agedliteratiofwhichIwassoself-consciouslyone.我从来没有指望通过上文学理论课来了解我们这一代人的特征，或美国大学不断变化的景象。这
4、门课实际是这样的，你和其他面容疲惫的大二学生一起坐在房间后面，他们身穿紧身牛仔裤和印有俏皮话的T恤，戴着黑框眼镜和超大的复古耳机，等课堂的结束后，你就会情绪高涨地在去吃午餐的路上边走边听威尔克的音乐。我差不多就是这样上课的：一边听什么结构主义、形式主义、性别理论和后殖民主义的话题，一边用我的iPod搜好听的音乐，也没时间去理会伊坦·弗洛美提出的资本主义压迫下的父权社会是什么样的。但当我们开始研究后现代主义时，一些观念引起了我的共鸣，让我提起精神，重新审视这个看似冷漠的大学生活。Accordingtomytextbook,theproblemwithd
5、efiningpostmodernismisthatit’simpossible.Thedifficultyisthatitisso...post.Itdefinesitselfsonegativelyagainstwhatcamebeforeit–naturalism,romanticismandthewildrevolutionofmodernism–thatit’ssometimeshardtoseewhatitactuallyis.Itdeniesthatanythingcanbeexplainedneatlyorevenatall.Itis
6、parodic,detached,strange,andsometimesmenacingtotraditionalistswhodonotunderstandit.Althoughitaroseinthepost-warwest(thetermwascoinedin1949),thegenerationthathaswitnesseditsascendancehasyettocomeupwithanexplanationofwhatpostmodernattitudesmeanforthefutureofcultureorsociety.Thesu
7、bjectintriguedmebecause,inaclassotherwiseconsumedbydead-lettertheories,postmodernismremainedanopenbook,temptingtotheyoungandcurious.Butitalsointriguedmebecausethequestionofwhatpostmodernism–whatamovementsopost-everything,soreticenttodefineitself–isspoketoalargerquestionaboutthe
8、politicalandpopularcultureoftoday,oftheotherjadedsopho
