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Postmodernism

Postmodernism. By: Nathan Scachette and Rachel Hazen. Postmodernism. There are 4 main features of Postmodernism. - Iconoclasm : decolonizes cultural standards. - Groundless : employs flat, media-like images.

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Postmodernism

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  1. Postmodernism By: Nathan Scachette and Rachel Hazen

  2. Postmodernism • There are 4 main features of Postmodernism. - Iconoclasm: decolonizes cultural standards. - Groundless: employs flat, media-like images. - Formlessness: avoids shaping power of metaphors and other literary types. - Populism: literary language; avoids seriousness and responsibility. • Started sometime in the 40’s. • Peaked in the 60’s. • Didn’t really deal with nature, but with people’s emotions.

  3. Postmodernism Con’t • Why is Postmodernism post? -It denies the existence of any ultimate principles. - It lacks the optimism of there being a scientific, philosophical, or religious truth. • Modernism was grounded in the beliefs of the Enlightenment. • Reaction to the modernist time, referring to the lack of artistic, intellectual, or cultural thought or organized principle. • Contains a broad range of concepts and ideas.

  4. Postmodernism: the effect of WWII. Result of WWII More inquisitive in their views. Postmodernism was a very abstract way of thinking.

  5. Purpose….Or was there one? Purpose? The purpose for postmodernism was to question science and religion of the time.

  6. J. H. Prynne: postmodernism spanned around the world Shows that the movement wasn’t restricted to America. Peaked in the 60’s Wrote pieces like Force of Circumstance and White Stones.

  7. Very well-known Postmodernist. • His contrast with Prynne was very striking. • Famous Piece: My Philosophy of Life • Well published author. • “Ashbery accepts that you cannot know reality at first hand” - www.textetc.com JohnAshbery.

  8. “Just when I thought there wasn't room enough for another thought in my head, I had this great idea-- call it a philosophy of life, if you will. Briefly, it involved living the way philosophers live, according to a set of principles. OK, but which ones?” -John Ashbery My Philosophy of Life • This shows how most postmodernists thought. • Abstract ways of thinking. • Want to hear John Ashbery? Click Here! My Philosophy of Life

  9. Common Themes… Themes Irony, Playfulness, Black Humor, Paranoia. Patiche- combining of multiple elements Metafiction- writing about writing

  10. Sources… • "John Ashbery-Poems, Biography, Quotes." Famous Poets and Poems. 2006. Web. 15 Nov. 2011. <http://www.famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/john_ashbery>. • "Poetry craft and theory: creation, analysis and improvement." textetc. John Holcombe. 2007. Web. 15 Nov. 2011. <http://www.textetc.com/>. • "Poets.org-Poetry, Poems, Bios & More." Poets.org. Academy of American Poets. 1997. Web. 15 Nov. 2011. <http://www.poets.org/>. • "Postmodernism in Poetry." textetc. John Holcombe. 2007. Web. 15 Nov. 2011. <http://www.textetc.com/modernist/postmodernism.html>.

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