Postmodernism

___________ is a new work or style that is formed by combining elements of other previous works

• parody

• late capitalism

• fragmentation

• pastiche

While modernist writers mourned the loss of order, postmodern writers revel in it, often using tools like black humor, wordplay, irony, and other techniques of playfulness to dizzy readers and muddle the story.

• TRUE

• FALSE

5.Postmodernism was prevalent from the mid-twentieth century.

• FALSE

• TRUE

Who are the precursors of the Postmodern Literature?

• William Shakespeare, Raj Quartet

• Farrell, William Shakespeare, Raj Quartet

• James Joyce, T.S. Eliot and Virginia Wolf

Postmodernism was based on an unscientific, irrational, thought process, and it rejected logical thinking.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Example of Postmodern literature include

• Gravity´s Rainbow by Billie Elliot

• Gravity´s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon

• Gravity´s Rainbow by Thomas Pinchon

What is postmodernism?

• It is a set of ideas that have replaced Modernism as a way of interpreting society and culture.

• It's key characteristic is disbelief in the idea of an 'objective' truth.

• Meaning is subjective and there is no one truth only many truths - individual ways of interpreting the world.

• All of the above.

A postmodern condition in which the distinction between reality and fiction has disappeared. 'Big Brother' in which reality and entertainment are the same, media reality is more real than reality. Disneyworld and Las Vegas are other cultural examples. (J. Baudrillard)

• parody

• pastiche

• hyperreality

• simulacrum

A deliberate referencing of one (or more) texts within the narrative of another, with the expectation that the audience will be able to recognise and appreciate it's significance.

• pastiche

• intertextuality

• simulacra

• hyperreality

Which of the following is a characteristic of postmodern literature?

• A) Linear narrative

• B) Objective truth

• C) Fragmented structure

• D) Clear moral lessons