What is Postmodernism? According to Merriam Webster dictionary ,Post-Modernism is “of relating to or being any various movements in reaction to modernism that are typically characterized by a return to traditional materials and forms by ironic self reference and absurdity “ (Webster, Merriam). The very term "postmodern" was, in fact, coined in the forties by the historian, Arnold Toynbee (Felluga).Postmodernism cannot be historically a specific year, and however, its ideas are around the mid-1970. The concepts of postmodernism affected many aspects of art, education, literature, film, sociology, technology, and etc. To begin to understand postmodernism, one must first analyze the two movements in an earlier time which is modernism and the
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Modernism “definition modernism refers to modern thought, character or practice, the term is usually restricted to a set of artistic, musical, literary, and more generally aesthetic movements that emerged in Europe in the late nineteenth century and would become institutionalized in the academic institutions and art galleries of post-World War I Europe and America”( Salberg,Stewart,Weiss,Wesley) . Modernist are closer to the Bible unlike postmodernists. Post modernists have no ties to the universal truth, reason, or stability. Postmodernism do not usually set boundaries. Reality and truth is unknown due to the fact that there’s no symbol, nor worldview that can define what anything is. Modernism is a movement that explored unbounded possibilities. Although modernists attempted to return to the classical traditions, rules, regulations and guidelines, the post modernists would rather much celebrate the new forms of tradition, rules and regulations. Nature and symbolism also played a great factor in modernism. Modernists believed in the order. Although Modernism had many positive ideals, it came short to reaching its goal and many lost faith in it (Hicks). Some key items that separated Modernism and Postmodernism works are that extreme self-reflexivity. Irony and parody, and also a breakdown between high and low cultural forms, and Retro, and a few other differences (Felluga). Post Modernism and modernism have more than different aspects of their literary works they also have different ways of the way they think (Salberg, Stewart, Weiss, Wesley). Some leading figures in the Modernism time period would be “Matisse, Picasso, and Kandinsky in painting, Joyce and Kafka in literature, and Eliot and Pound in poetry” (Salberg, Stewart,
Modernism “definition modernism refers to modern thought, character or practice, the term is usually restricted to a set of artistic, musical, literary, and more generally aesthetic movements that emerged in Europe in the late nineteenth century and would become institutionalized in the academic institutions and art galleries of post-World War I Europe and America”( Salberg,Stewart,Weiss,Wesley) . Modernist are closer to the Bible unlike postmodernists. Post modernists have no ties to the universal truth, reason, or stability. Postmodernism do not usually set boundaries. Reality and truth is unknown due to the fact that there’s no symbol, nor worldview that can define what anything is. Modernism is a movement that explored unbounded possibilities. Although modernists attempted to return to the classical traditions, rules, regulations and guidelines, the post modernists would rather much celebrate the new forms of tradition, rules and regulations. Nature and symbolism also played a great factor in modernism. Modernists believed in the order. Although Modernism had many positive ideals, it came short to reaching its goal and many lost faith in it (Hicks). Some key items that separated Modernism and Postmodernism works are that extreme self-reflexivity. Irony and parody, and also a breakdown between high and low cultural forms, and Retro, and a few other differences (Felluga). Post Modernism and modernism have more than different aspects of their literary works they also have different ways of the way they think (Salberg, Stewart, Weiss, Wesley). Some leading figures in the Modernism time period would be “Matisse, Picasso, and Kandinsky in painting, Joyce and Kafka in literature, and Eliot and Pound in poetry” (Salberg, Stewart,