Pondering the extent to which 'expound on whatever missed' requires the kind of exposition in my head because reading tRotD doesn't exactly require deep knowledge of "British stuff" -- it certainly has been well understood by americans although the "class" of americans who instantly grok this kind of novel might not intersect with the myth of Americanism(tm) and Americans(tm) (rather ironically, bwhahahaha, given the theme of the novel in question, like, literally lmao).
So, I guess my question to you is this: without you popping open a browser tab to google/wikipedia any of the following -- "postmodern novel" and "historiographic metafiction" and "intertextuality" and "positionality" and "subjective reader response theory" -- can you vaguely-comfortably provide (or convincingly bullshit!) definitions for those words suitable for a one-page university pop quiz? Could you use those words in context when talking about a novel such as tRotD, perhaps filling that backside of that pop-quiz page? Can you (again, no google/wikipedia) off the top of your head name other novels that are good examples the postmodern novel or historiographic metafiction?
The question here is "can," so only asking for a "yep," "nope," or a "not exactly sure" with ultra-brief qualification.
I guess the other question I have is this: What immediately pops into your mind right now as you read the words Margaret Thatcher?
. .
Edited to add: I guess my other question is does the thought of deeply enjoying a novel (or narrative) BECAUSE it is a piece of postmodern metafiction automatically make you think "nah, that isn't really for me, just give me a good story in the text" or are you more of a "if there isn't a mountain of subtext with author-reader dialogue at the center of the stage what even is the point of the written novel in this day and age?"
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2022-01-09 08:11 am (UTC)So, I guess my question to you is this: without you popping open a browser tab to google/wikipedia any of the following -- "postmodern novel" and "historiographic metafiction" and "intertextuality" and "positionality" and "subjective reader response theory" -- can you vaguely-comfortably provide (or convincingly bullshit!) definitions for those words suitable for a one-page university pop quiz? Could you use those words in context when talking about a novel such as tRotD, perhaps filling that backside of that pop-quiz page? Can you (again, no google/wikipedia) off the top of your head name other novels that are good examples the postmodern novel or historiographic metafiction?
The question here is "can," so only asking for a "yep," "nope," or a "not exactly sure" with ultra-brief qualification.
I guess the other question I have is this: What immediately pops into your mind right now as you read the words Margaret Thatcher?
.
.
Edited to add: I guess my other question is does the thought of deeply enjoying a novel (or narrative) BECAUSE it is a piece of postmodern metafiction automatically make you think "nah, that isn't really for me, just give me a good story in the text" or are you more of a "if there isn't a mountain of subtext with author-reader dialogue at the center of the stage what even is the point of the written novel in this day and age?"