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“Dead celebrities are de <em>fac</em>to amusing” : A postmodern analysis of <em>Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture</em>

<p>This essay examines the novel <em>Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture</em> by Douglas Coupland in an attempt to show how it is heavily postmodernist. Postmodernism is explained briefly to give an understanding of how it might be applied to the analysis of the novel. Then the analysis is divided into five different categories: characterization, language and style, setting and society, storytelling and thematic focus. Postmodernist literary theory is applied to various parts of the novel and the postmodernist features are highlighted and discussed. The conclusion is that <em>Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture</em> is indeed a heavily postmodernist novel.</p>

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:hh-4260
Date January 2010
CreatorsJohansson, Thomas
PublisherHalmstad University, School of Teacher Education (LUT)
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, text

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