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POSTMODERNISM

POSTMODERNISM. Del Sal Beatrice Classe 5 A A.S. 2010/2011. CONTEXT. After World War II Mass protests against : mass culture, materialism, consumerism women’s inequality black’s segregation and racism.

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POSTMODERNISM

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  1. POSTMODERNISM Del Sal Beatrice Classe 5 A A.S. 2010/2011

  2. CONTEXT After World War II Mass protests against :mass culture, materialism, consumerism women’s inequality black’s segregation and racism • Review of Existentialism (a philosophical theory or approach that emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will) • Flourishing of Neorealism.

  3. FromMODERNISMtoPOSTMODERNISM

  4. MODERNISM When? First half of the 20ieth century (1910-1930) Characteristics: • Reason is sufficient to understand the nature of life and man • Emphasis of impressionisms and subjectivity in writing • A tendency towards self-consciousness • Modern Science (Einstein’s theory of relativity) • Universal truths

  5. POSTMODERNISM When? Second half of the 20ieth century Characteristics: • It is still alive it can not be defined • It has been growing from Modernism (the return and review of Modernism) • It emphasizes parody, chaos, irony and pastiche • It does not believe in one single truth • It favors reflexivity and self-consciousness, discontinuity and ambiguity • Texts are the product of intertextuality

  6. DECONSTRUCTION of the Subject Postmodernism adopts a post-structuralist and deconstructive method: The character/the subject has got a multi-faceted identity Any character/subject adapts her/his identity according to the situation he is living.

  7. CAPITALISM Frederic Jameson  It provides a connection between Modernism and Postmodernism, WHAT IS CAPITALISM? An economic and political system business belongs mostly to private owners, not to the government. Modermism and Postmodernism go together with some stages of capitalism: • Technological development and Realism • Electric and internal combustion motors and Modernism • Nuclear and electronic technologies and Postmodernism

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