Contemporary American Literature : Laughing at the Darkness : Postmodernism and Optimism in American Humour
ISBN: 9781847601872
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Humanities-Ebooks, LLP
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Subjects: Literature;

Given that postmodernism has been associated with doubt, chaos, relativism and the disappearance of reality, it may appear difficult to reconcile with American optimism. Laughing at the Darkness demonstrates that this is not always the case. In examining the work of, among others, Sherman Alexie, Woody Allen, Douglas Coupland, Jonathan Safran Foer, Bill Hicks, David Mamet, and Philip Roth, McDonald shows how American humorists bring their comedy to bear on some of the negative implications of philosophical postmodernism and, in so doing, explore ways of reclaiming value


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