Postmodernism

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Postmodernism

• 1946-Right Now!

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Characteristics of Postmodernism

• Views WW II as well as other wars and
  catastrophic events as undercutting lifes
  meaning
• Influenced by studies of media and language and
  by the explosive growth of information technology
  (what changes have these things caused? What
  problems have they caused?)
• Less confidence that art and literature are
  unique coupled with a strong belief that culture
  endlessly duplicates and copies itself

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More characteristics

• Crisscrosses the boundaries between fiction and
  nonfiction
• Lines are blurred between high and low culture
• Works have multiple meanings and multiple worlds
• More pessimistic and fragmented than its
  predecessor

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• Do we need to look up postmodernism to write
  about these different characteristics of
  postmodernism. No