describe certain tendencies in post-World War II literature. It is both a continuation of the experimentation championed by writers of the modernist period (relying heavily‚ for example‚ on fragmentation‚ paradox‚ questionable narrators‚ etc.) and a reaction against Enlightenment ideas implicit in Modernist literature. Postmodern literature‚ like postmodernism as a whole‚ is difficult to define and there is little agreement on the exact characteristics‚ scope‚ and importance of postmodern literature
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aware of the differences between postmodernism and modernism. While modernism always tries to find a new way to express something‚ postmodernism has no such concern. Modernism itself is representational‚ normative‚ original and Universalist. It has a linear progress. Postmodernism has no concern about being original. Moreover postmodernism claims that there is not possible way to create something brand new anymore. So‚ contrary to modernism’s originality‚ postmodernism is quotation based. It is simulational
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define exactly what post-modernism is I shall firstly briefly consider some of the events and thinking that led up to the development of this particular school of social theory. I shall then consider some of the common strands of thinking in postmodernism concentrating mainly on the writings of Jean-Francois Lyotard and Jean Baudrillard. I shall then consider the view of David Harvey‚ a Marxist many consider to be writing in the postmodern tradition‚ who argues that post-modernism is just another
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storytelling vs pragmatic truth-seeking. The discursive basis of social theory. Sociological Theory. 9:154-168 Bauman‚ Z Bauman‚ Z. (1992). Intimations of postmodernity. Routledge‚ London. Best‚ S. (1994). Foucalt‚ postmodernism and social theory. In Dickens‚ D. & Fontana‚ A. (ed) Postmodernism and Social Inquiry. Guildford Press‚ New York. Boorstin‚ D. (1992). The image: a guide to pseudo-events in America. Vintage‚ New York. Cohen‚ E. (1988). Authenticity and commodification in tourism. IAnnals of Tourism
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POSTMODERNISM AND MARKETING During the last ten years very limited number of terms have had a massive impact on almost all social disciplines as the term ‘‘postmodernity’’ has had. It would not be surprising that such a significant term has been the focus of a number of researches within a variety of disciplines. According to Firat‚ Sherry and Venkatesh (1994) ‘‘Debates and discussions regarding postmodernism‚ postmodern culture‚ and postmodernity have created some of the most prolific‚ heated
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Hugvísindadeild Postmodernism and The Simpsons Intertextuality‚ Hyperreality and Critique of Metanarratives Ritgerð til B.A.-prófs Björn Erlingur Flóki Björnsson bjornfloki@gmail.com Kt. 110982-5779 Maí 2006 Abstract This essay offers a postmodernist reading of the popular television program The Simpsons‚ with special regard to the postmodern theories of intertexuality‚ hyperreality‚ and metanarratives. Before delving into The Simpsons‚ some major theoretical aspects of postmodernism in aesthetic
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Postmodernism and film This chapter will demonstrate the ways in which Jean Baudrillard’s and Fredric Jameson’s accounts of the postmodern have had a significant impact on the field of film studies‚ affecting both film theory and history. The most influential aspects of each theorist’s work are outlined in the first two sections. The first section focuses on two key texts by Baudrillard: Simulations and America‚ while the second addresses Jameson’s famous article “Postmodernism and Consumer
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CHAPTER 1 The concept of ‘Postmodernism’- A Theoretical Approach It is a cliché by now to say that we live in a postmodern world‚ and it is true that the word ’postmodern’ has become one of the most used‚ and abused‚ words in the language. Still‚ it is striking that not many people can say with assurance what this term actually means and involves. Some theorists suggest that ‘postmodernism’ refers to a mood or an attitude of mind‚ others define it as a literary‚ cultural
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human history. One product of this dynamic time is the theory of postmodernism. According to Thomas McEvilley‚ postmodernism happened in America after people started to realize that history was cruel and that people were not really progressing much. This directly discredited the pre-existing theory of modernism which took its ideology from the three pillars: progress‚ hierarchy of cultures‚ universals. McEvilley believes that the modernist ideals are just a way of creating a false reality‚ a world where
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Eliot’s Modernist poem‚ “The Hollow Men” After World War I the Modernist era made changes not only in the world but also in English literature. The Modernist era of English literature changed the traditional writing style of the twentieth century. T.S. Eliot was considered one of the most influential twentieth century poets in English literature. His poetry differs from most of the nineteenth and twentieth century poetry. T.S. Eliot’s poem “The Hollow Men” is a classic example of the Modernist poetry
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