One of the peculiar things about postmodernity is, if you go back in time, things get more postmodern, not less. Rabelais, for instance. Perhaps, this is becaus

One of the peculiar things about postmodernity is, if you go back in time, things get more postmodern, not less. Rabelais, for instance. Perhaps, this is because artists don't make up canons. Historians and academics do - so the artists are often bad fits to whatever canon they end up in. I have to say though, I'm very jealous of the chinese character set when it comes to writing. You can do a lot of cool things when every word fits into an even square.