There is no absolute truth.  Post WWII literature  Reaction against enlightenment ideas in Modernist literature.

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There is no absolute truth

 Post WWII literature  Reaction against enlightenment ideas in Modernist literature

 Paradox  Metafiction  Pastiche  Magic Realism  Minimalism

 Statement that contradicts itself

 Fiction that brings attention to itself as a work of fiction  Exposes fictional illusion

 To “paste together”  Combination of multiple elements  Homage to or parody of past styles

 Realistic paintings, images, or figures depicted in a surreal manner

 Focus on surface description and context to dictate meaning  Readers take active role in story creation  Characters are often unexceptional

 One of the first post-modernists  Waiting for Godot noted for minimalism  Postmodernism and Absurdism

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