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Hi Maria. How are you?
The definition of "postmodern" isn't really different among the various different branches of Art, whether one is speaking of Literature, Painting, etc. It's just that the definition of "postmodern" is very postmodern itself- amorphous, nebulous, and contradictory!
In my previous definition, saying that in postmodernism "modernist principles and practices are carried to extremes" is just a more polite way of saying they are exaggerated, subverted and mocked!
I was trying to give a very brief & simple definition before, (to have mercy on poor Jordan and those poor souls who come to Pub Talk to enjoy a quiet pint) but here's a more detailed definition you might enjoy:
Postmodernism: A general and wide-ranging term which is applied to literature, art, philosophy, architecture, fiction, cultural and literary criticism, etc. Postmodernism is largely a reaction to the assumed certainty of scientific or "objective" efforts to explain reality. In essence it stems from a recognition that reality is not simply mirrored in the human understanding of it, but rather is constructed even as the mind tries to understand its own particular and personal reality. For this reason, postmodernism is highly skeptical of explanations which claim to be valid for all groups, cultures, traditions, or races, and instead focuses on the relative truths of each person.
In the postmodern understanding, interpretation is everything; reality only comes into being through our interpretations of what the world means to us individually. Postmodernism relies on concrete experience over abstract principles, knowing always that the outcome of one's own experience will necessarily be fallible and relative, rather than certain and universal.
Postmodernism is "post" because it is denies the existence of any ultimate principles, and it lacks the optimistic belief in the existence of a scientific, philosophical, or religious truth which will explain everything for everybody - a characteristic of the so-called "modern" mind.
The paradox of the postmodern position is that, in placing all principles under the scrutiny of its skepticism, it must realize that even its own principles are not beyond questioning. "
>> OK, people, class dismissed, no homework... jello-shots for everybody!!!
Cheers,
Archaic
Originally posted by mariab
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The definition of "postmodern" isn't really different among the various different branches of Art, whether one is speaking of Literature, Painting, etc. It's just that the definition of "postmodern" is very postmodern itself- amorphous, nebulous, and contradictory!
In my previous definition, saying that in postmodernism "modernist principles and practices are carried to extremes" is just a more polite way of saying they are exaggerated, subverted and mocked!
I was trying to give a very brief & simple definition before, (to have mercy on poor Jordan and those poor souls who come to Pub Talk to enjoy a quiet pint) but here's a more detailed definition you might enjoy:
Postmodernism: A general and wide-ranging term which is applied to literature, art, philosophy, architecture, fiction, cultural and literary criticism, etc. Postmodernism is largely a reaction to the assumed certainty of scientific or "objective" efforts to explain reality. In essence it stems from a recognition that reality is not simply mirrored in the human understanding of it, but rather is constructed even as the mind tries to understand its own particular and personal reality. For this reason, postmodernism is highly skeptical of explanations which claim to be valid for all groups, cultures, traditions, or races, and instead focuses on the relative truths of each person.
In the postmodern understanding, interpretation is everything; reality only comes into being through our interpretations of what the world means to us individually. Postmodernism relies on concrete experience over abstract principles, knowing always that the outcome of one's own experience will necessarily be fallible and relative, rather than certain and universal.
Postmodernism is "post" because it is denies the existence of any ultimate principles, and it lacks the optimistic belief in the existence of a scientific, philosophical, or religious truth which will explain everything for everybody - a characteristic of the so-called "modern" mind.
The paradox of the postmodern position is that, in placing all principles under the scrutiny of its skepticism, it must realize that even its own principles are not beyond questioning. "
>> OK, people, class dismissed, no homework... jello-shots for everybody!!!
Cheers,
Archaic
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