Postmodernism is difficult to define‚ because we go through it on a daily basis. Some would say it began in the 1950’s‚ and others say it began with the tearing down of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Postmodernism is characterized by a variety of elements that question the reading experience. Postmodern authors celebrate this by using humour and absurd experiences to create a bizarre alternate reality. The different elements that are used throughout postmodernism stories include magic realism‚ metafiction
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Exploring Research Methodologies: Positivism and Interpretivism Before a researcher can initiate a research project‚ they face the confusion and the range of theoretical perspectives‚ methodologies‚ methods‚ and the philosophical basis that encompasses them all. This seemingly meticulous structure for the research process is in fact aimed toward providing the researcher with a scaffolding’‚ or a direction which they can go on to develop themselves to coincide with their particular research purposes
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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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The twentieth century has been marked as a time of great suffering and advancement in 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
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What started as a departure from modernism‚ which is understood in art and architecture as the project of refusing traditions to try something entirely new and unique‚ Postmodernism is characterized as the straightforward denial of philosophical viewpoints. Grundberg defines it as a “reflection of the conditions of our times.” Post modernists try to dissolve the traditional boundaries between art‚ architecture‚ popular culture
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Islam‚ Postmodernism and Other Futures A Ziauddin Sardar Reader Edited by Sohail Inayatullah and Gail Boxwell Pluto LONDON • STERLING‚ VIRGINIA P Press First published 2003 by Pluto Press 345 Archway Road‚ London N6 5AA and 22883 Quicksilver Drive‚ Sterling‚ VA 20166–2012‚ USA www.plutobooks.com Copyright © Ziauddin Sardar 2003 © Introduction and selection Sohail Inayatullah and Gail Boxwell 2003 The right of Ziauddin Sardar‚ Sohail Inayatullah and Gail Boxwell to be identified
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Postmodernism in The Matrix Postmodern writing evolved around WWII in response to Modernism that dominated the 19th c. The two writing styles share many characteristics‚ but the defeated modernist wallows in his realizations whereas the postmodernist offers a light or hope in conclusion. There is still a sense of foreboding for the postmodernist concerning science and technology. However‚ they are able to forge past their distrust‚ accept it as a logical progression‚ and begin to embrace some
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Ang Postmodernong Panitikan Can be a time period‚ but it’s not very clear on when it takes place. Can’t say it started at a certain year. Events of history which create this period. Four Events. 1.) Mula industriyal na produksyon patungong Teknolohikal na Produksyon. (The industrial age.) Before the industrial age‚ there was a single technique‚ making a single thing coming from a person. Industrial age comes from the factories‚ assembly lines and the like. But if we go forward‚ to the factories
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Postmodernism in American literature The novel Beloved by Toni Morrison often makes us question the credibility of what is being told‚ and uses many striking‚ sudden shifts between the past and present‚ making it difficult to distinguish between reality and fiction. This blurring of the truth is a common element of postmodern fiction. In fact‚ many scholars would say that Beloved is a great example of postmodernism. (Ebrahimi 2005) Morrison uses this technique to bring about the suffering
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism Post-modernism follows and shares many of the same ideas as modernism. Though‚ at the same time‚ they differ in many ways. These distinctions can be seen in the two works of literature‚ “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller and “Glengarry Glen Ross” by David Mamet. “Death of a Salesman” represents the modernist literature. Modernism is a style of literature that came about after World War I in Europe. It emerged in the United States in the late 1920s. Modernism
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