Perspectives

This part of the study guide will give you a few extra points to help you put the short story “Crusader Rabbit” by Jess Mowry in a broader perspective. We will look at the literary period and comparable texts.

Literary period

“Crusader Rabbit” is a postmodernist short story. Postmodernism is a general term used to describe the literary period starting with the 1960s and up to present day. Postmodernist works are highly diverse in terms of characteristics. However, there are still a few signs that can help you identify a postmodernist style.

First, postmodernist texts tend to explore issues that are contemporary with the time of writing and feature characters that are not exceptional. “Crusader Rabbit” is written and set in the 1990s and features two characters that can easily be found in real-li...