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Contemporary Fiction

Contemporary, in this deck, is roughly 2000 to now. Twenty-six years of literary fiction. Three observable shifts.

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Contemporary, in this deck, is roughly 2000 to now. Twenty-six years of literary fiction. Three observable shifts. Key sections include: Contemporary Fiction.; Opening What contemporary means here.; Chapter I The autofictional turn.; Chapter II The autofiction triangulation.; Chapter III Han Kang.; Chapter IV Tokarczuk & Erpenbeck.; Chapter V Japanese contemporary.; Chapter VI The Latin American present.; Chapter VII The American post-DFW generation.; Chapter VIII Black American fiction now..

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  1. 01Contemporary Fiction.
  2. 02Opening What contemporary means here.
  3. 03Chapter I The autofictional turn.
  4. 04Chapter II The autofiction triangulation.
  5. 05Chapter III Han Kang.
  6. 06Chapter IV Tokarczuk & Erpenbeck.
  7. 07Chapter V Japanese contemporary.
  8. 08Chapter VI The Latin American present.
  9. 09Chapter VII The American post-DFW generation.
  10. 10Chapter VIII Black American fiction now.
  11. 11Chapter IX African fiction.
  12. 12Chapter X South Asian.
  13. 13Chapter XI British contemporary.
  14. 14Chapter XII Diasporic.
  15. 15Chapter XIII Climate fiction.
  16. 16Chapter XIV Genre and literary, fused.
  17. 17Chapter XV Formal preferences of the period.
  18. 18Chapter XVI The prize system.
  19. 19Chapter XVII Adaptation.
  20. 20Chapter XVIII Thirty since 2000.
  21. 21Chapter XIX Where to keep up.
  22. 22Chapter XX Watch & read.
  23. 23Chapter XXI The next ten years.
  24. 24Chapter XXII A starter set.
  25. 25Chapter XXIII Caveat.
  26. 26The end of the deck.
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