films as the social practice? • How the film culture and audience engagement reflects the social impact of films? • What are the aesthetics of film and their social implications? • What is the difference between modern and postmodern films in terms of characteristics and social impacts? 1.5. Research Rationale The fundamental purpose of conducting this research study is to provide thorough understanding related to the social implications of films in postmodern era. The considered study is expected to
by American author Bill Watterson, initially published from 1985-1995. From the perspective of literary and cultural studies, it is a valuable postmodern text in terms of both its form and content. It pokes fun at the postmodern condition and the seemingly high-brow nonsensical expression (or babble) associated with it. It is itself presented as postmodern nonsense/babble or pomobabble (a portmanteau word) with its roots in American suburbia and the value –systems associated with the ‘Land of Stars
Dumitrescu states: “The postmodern notion of identity is one that decenters the individual, causing a shift from sheer subjectivity to an almost total loss of
suitable regarding the overall meaning; any form of interpretation contributes to the creation of the text. Similarly, postmodern art expresses a broader concept by focusing more in terms of utility and form. Postmodernists not only critique and reject a singular interpretation; they also focused less on traditional ideals and forms. Indeed, it is hard to provide a set definition to postmodern art, since pieces often stressed diversity, imagination, and originality above all other concepts and are unique
Children has been considered as an epoch-making novel in Indian English realm of literature that is why this piece of writing pertains to the gamut of postmodern literature. The paper is a sojourn throughout which the butt is to divulge the postmodern features embedded in this novel. Rushdie found his metier in this novel which is the amalgamation of fact and fantasy with a linguistic extravaganza in Indian English literature. The novel has been translated into several languages. New York Review of Books
CC3720 POPULAR CULTURE AND CONSUMPTION Individual Assignment Group: 203 Student name: Fung Yeuk Wun Yvonne Student number: 10104816A Lecturer: Dr Siu-lai Lau In this individual assignment, I would like to summarize my understanding on two articles I have read and hence discuss my criticism and reflection about that. The first article is The Culture Industry – Enlightenment as mass deception by Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer. With the rise of culture industry, folk culture has die
In Postmodern Era, postmodern authors often treat very serious subjects like World War II, the Cold War, conspiracy theories from a position of distance and disconnect, and choose to depict their histories ironically and humorously, and this is clearly seen in Heller’s Catch-22. The novel does not tell its story in chronological order but starts in the middle and jumps backwards and forward in time. The narrative is structured around chapters that focus on individual characters such as Colonel Cathcart
difficult and complicated term to understand, can be defined as a term that applies to the certain developments or a distinct style that figured prominently in a vast number of fields including critical theory, philosophy, architecture, art, literature and culture. Postmodernism is generally considered to be a reaction against the earlier Movement – Modernism. Postmodernism emerges from Modernism, but at the same time, it is a critique of Modernism and of structures. Postmodernism tends to refer to
destruction finally meet. Postmodern literature shifts form singular reality to a narrative of chaos, a proliferation of realities -popular biography, science fiction, fantasy novel- that have to coexist and collide. Heterogeneity, the diversity of human experience are displayed in all their weakness and atrocities. Fiction falls into reality, reality becomes fiction this is what postmodern literature is about, and because reality as totality can’t be grasped narrative as well presents itself as
the postmodern story? How is love expressed in the novel written by A.S. Byatt named Possession – A romance? The quote from Umberto Eco outlined that postmodern love has a different character from love in the narratives that have been written before the era of postmodernism. This paper explores the theme of love reflected in the novel Possession and provides the analysis and explanation of the representation of this theme in the story. The main aim of this paper is to explore a postmodern nature