Post-irony
State in which earnest and ironic intents become muddled / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Post-irony (from Latin post 'after' and Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία eirōneía 'dissimulation, feigned ignorance'[1]) is a term used to denote a state in which earnest and ironic intents become muddled. It may less commonly refer to its converse: 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"[2] and "Fictional Futures and the Conspicuously Young" describe and hope for a literature that goes beyond postmodern irony.[3] Other authors often described as postironic are Dave Eggers,[4] Tao Lin,[5] and Alex Shakar.[6][7]