POSTMODERNISM
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Postmodernism is a broad movement that developed in the mid-
to late 20th century across philosophy, the arts, architecture, and
criticism, marking a departure from modernism
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Postmodern literature
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Paradox
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Unreliable narrators
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Unrealistic and downright impossible plots
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Games
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Parody
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Paranoia
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Dark humor
Pastiche: The taking of various ideas from previous writings and
literary styles and pasting them together to make new styles.
Intertextuality: The acknowledgment of previous literary works within
another literary work.
Metafiction: The act of writing about writing or making readers aware
of the fictional nature of the very fiction they're reading.
Temporal Distortion: The use of non-linear timelines and narrative
techniques in a story.
Minimalism: The use of characters and events which are decidedly
common and non-exceptional characters.
Maximalism: Disorganized, lengthy, highly detailed writing.
Magical Realism: The introduction of impossible or unrealistic events
into a narrative that is otherwise realistic.
Faction: The mixing of actual historical events with fictional events
without clearly defining what is factual and what is fictional.