When I first heard the term Postmodern it was here on
Rara_Avis. I looked it up at m-w.com and found this:
2 a : of, relating to, or being any of various movements in
reaction to modernism that are typically characterized by a
return to traditional materials and forms (as in
architecture) or by ironic self-reference and absurdity (as
in literature) b : of, relating to, or being a theory that
involves a radical reappraisal of modern assumptions about
culture, identity, history, or language <postmodern
feminism>
Now that's about as confusing as any of us could come up
with.
OK, here's my one-word definition: wry
When I first read the Mirriam-Webster definition, I thought
of Dos Passos's *USA* and James Joyce's *Ulysses.* They're
not crime novels, of course.
Jack
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