What is 'postirony'? Foremost, it is a response to the ironic
zeitgeist. Moreover, it is the key to understanding a specific form
of literature. The contemporary reader is familiar with and -
unfortunately - used to postmodernism's ironic, self-reflexive
metafiction. Authors like David Foster Wallace and Dave Eggers
chose a different path: Despite the reign of contemporary irony,
they strive to reach the reader on a level beyond, cognitively as
well as emotionally - they claim to be sincere and true. Focusing
largely on nonfiction by said authors, Lukas Hoffmann explores the
means the texts use to achieve something new - namely, a new form
of sincerity.
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