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Postmodern literature
20th-century literary form and movement
Postmodern literature
Postmodern literature is a genre of fiction characterized by: the use of metafiction, unreliable narration, self-reference, and intertextuality (literature building upon or reimagining other literature); tones of paranoia or ironic or black comedy; and themes of historical or current political significance. As a style of experimental literature, it emerged strongly in the United States in the 1960s through the writings of authors such as Kurt Vonnegut, Thomas Pynchon, William Gaddis, Philip K. Dick, Kathy Acker, and John Barth. Beginning within or alongside the counterculture of the 1960s, postmodernists often challenge authorities and the status quo. This inspiration is, among other things, seen through how postmodern literature is highly self-reflexive about the political issues it speaks to. Precursors to postmodern literature include Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote (1605–1615), Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy (1760–1767), James Hogg's Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified...
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