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Post-irony is a term used to denote a state in which earnest and ironic intents become muddled, or alternatively to describe a return from irony to earnestness, similar to new sincerity. In literature, David Foster Wallace is often described as the founder of a "postironic" literature. His essays "E Unibus Pluram"[1] and "Fictional Futures and the Conspicuously Young" describe and hope for a literature that goes beyond postmodern irony.[2] Other authors often described as postironic are Dave Eggers,[3] Tao Lin,[4] and Alex Shakar.[5][6] Whereas in postmodern irony, something is meant to be cynically mocked and not taken seriously, and in new sincerity, something is meant to be taken seriously or "unironically", post-irony combines these two elements by either having something absurd taken seriously or be unclear as to whether something is meant to be ironic.[7] One example given is the film Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans: The film contains what a Snakes on a Plane-style irony

Post-irony - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia State in which earnest and ironic intents become muddled Post-irony is a term used to denote a state in which earnest and ironic intents become muddled, or alternatively to describe a return from irony to earnestness, similar to new sincerity . In literature, David Foster Wallace is often described as the founder of a "postironic" literature. His essays "E Unibus Pluram" [ 1 ] and "Fictional Futures and the Conspicuously Young" describe and hope for a literature that goes beyond postmodern irony. [ 2 ] Other authors o

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