Jean-François Lyotard’s seminal statement, “I define postmodernism as incredulity toward the metanarratives.” provides a good indication why the tenets of postmodernism …show more content…
In an interview for the Sunday Times (November 1984) Alan Bennett asserted his own political stand point by saying, “I’m not a political writer. I couldn’t write a political play... I know I couldn’t even attempt it. I can only do what’s under my nose.” (Bennett. Sunday Times 18 Nov.1984). Our Postmodern formula allows us to legitimise Scarr’s inconsideration of Bennett’s opinions on his own work. Any piece of work is open to interpretation by the receiver and “ultimately, the individual derives the value of art from himself; because he has to interpret in quite an individual way” (Nietzsche 1968, p.403). Thus if Scarr chooses to look for political inconsistencies within Bennett’s work and finds them to his own satisfaction, then Bennett’s opinion that he is “not a political writer” is not only obsolete, but could be considered