Post Modernism in Jaime Becerra’s King Taco, by Christina Woodson, no use of this work allowed without written consent
Christina Woodson English 380 Professor Saunders 10 March 2023 Post Modernism in Jaime Becerra’s King Taco Postmodernist theory is a literary convention that encapsulates metafiction, and intertextuality and thematizes both historical and political issues. In Michael Jamie-Becerra’s King Taco, he uses settings, contextual reliance, diction, and even existentialist questions to drive this poem toward finding meaning when none can be found. The poem takes on elements such as Marxist critique as well, as the whole poem is riddled with questions and ideas that ultimately relate to economics. It presents itself as a simple day, influenced by the woes of capitalism, but with strategic critiquing, any reader can infer many deeper meanings to the existential whimsicalness that is this King Taco worker. The first introduction to this poem is the title, King Taco, which begins to enact a stipulation for readers who can contextualize this place. King Taco is located in East Los A...