postmodernism question & answers graded A+ 2023/2024

postmodernism Why is postmodernism hard to define - correct answer Because it is a concept that appears in a wide variety of disciplines or areas of study When does postmodernism begin? - correct answer It's not clear exactly when postmodernism begins Postmodernism seems to grow or emerge from which movement? - correct answer Modernism What is characteristic of modernism? - correct answer It rejected the old Victorian standards of art when is "high modernism"? - correct answer 1910 to 1930, roughly. how many main characteristics of modernism does she list? - correct answer 7 (we shall find examples in class afterwards :)) How does postmodernism differ from modernism? - correct answer In its basic attitude to the trends (playful, ironic) What are Jameson's three phases? - correct answer 1) Capitalism associated with the steam-driven motor and realism in art 2) Monopoly capitalism, associated with electric and internal combustion motors, and modernism. 3) Multinational or consumer capitalism associated with nuclear and electronic technologies, and postmodernism. What are grand narratives? - correct answer Stories a culture tells itself about its practices and beliefs In postmodern society there are no ....... - correct answer ....originals, only copies One of the consequences of postmodernism seems to be the rise of what? - correct answer Religious fundamentalism, as a form of resistance to the questioning of the "grand narratives" of religious truth.