Although this post on Jameson doesn’t deserve any title what-so-ever! I gave it one anyway. I was so frustrated by this 50 something page, thing, that I don’t even know what to write about. I’ve been trying to avoid having to write this post, but it’s inevitable. Jameson talked me into circles [...]
Archive for September, 2007
Jameson
Posted in Postmodernism on September 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
FIGHT CLUB!
Posted in Postmodernism on September 21, 2007 | 7 Comments »
After watching this movie for the first time I couldn’t help but wonder why I had never seen it before. Then I watched it a second time to make sure I absolutely picked up on everything, and that is when I realized that this movie is incredibly interesting and disturbing at the same time. [...]
Lyotard!
Posted in Postmodernism on September 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
(He looks awfully happy for how confusing he can be.)
Reading through Lyotard for the first time definitely threw me for a bit of a loop. Our class discussion really helped me pull it all together. What I grabbed most from the reading was Lyotard’s point that postmodernism alludes the reader to think certain [...]
Is this the end?! Written on the Body
Posted in Postmodernism on September 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I must say that after reading the ending and after our in depth class discussion, I regret saying in my last post that I wanted to know what happened in the end. My first reaction of the end was that Louise was simply a figment of [...]
Written on the Body/Malpas
Posted in Postmodernism on September 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Nearing the end of the novel, I am very interesting in finding out what will happen next. It was surprising to me that the narrator would give up being with Louise, someone the narrator loves and admires so much. The idea that Louise is given up to Elgin in order for him to [...]
Written on the Body
Posted in Postmodernism on September 7, 2007 | 3 Comments »
While I’m still hung up on the idea of postmodernism and whether or not I can really tie it to anything, I must say that I enjoy this novel (once I got past the first few pages). I was confused in the beginning, and I guess thats due to the [...]
Modernist or Postmodernist?
Posted in Postmodernism, Uncategorized on September 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
ME
To decide whether I am a modernist or postmodernist is a tough decision for me to make. Previous to reading Malpas’ The Postmodern I would have probably classified myself as a modernist, sticking to the basics [...]
