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Postmodern Literature Critics
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Michel Foucault
Major works include 'The Archaeology of Knowledge', 'The Order of Things', and theories on discursive formations and epistemes.
Roland Barthes
Authored 'The Death of the Author' and 'S/Z', advancing the role of the reader and the concept of 'writerly texts'.
Hal Foster
Known for 'The Anti-Aesthetic: Essays on Postmodern Culture' and his theories on the art-as-commodity phenomenon.
Jean Baudrillard
Famous for 'Simulacra and Simulation', in which he discusses the concepts of hyperreality and simulacrum.
Jean-François Lyotard
Known for 'The Postmodern Condition', where he discussed the 'incredulity towards metanarratives'.
Fredric Jameson
Author of 'Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism', proposing the idea of pastiche and schizophrenia.
Terry Eagleton
Authored 'Literary Theory: An Introduction' and criticized postmodernism for its cultural relativism.
Linda Hutcheon
Developed theories on metafiction and historiographic metafiction in works such as 'A Poetics of Postmodernism'.
Julia Kristeva
Major works include 'Powers of Horror', where she discusses the concept of abjection, and 'Desire in Language', which deals with intertextuality.
Ihab Hassan
Known for coining the term 'postmodernism' for literature and for his work 'The Dismemberment of Orpheus'.
Edward Said
Major works include 'Orientalism' and 'Culture and Imperialism', he critiqued colonial narratives within postmodern discourse.
Umberto Eco
Known for 'The Role of the Reader', where he explores open works and the active role of the reader in the interpretation of texts.
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