MODERNISM

Cultural Movement at the end of sec. 19

POSTMODERNISM
Cultural Movement at the end of sec. 20

Against tradition/CANONS: anticlassical, anti-academic, anticonservatory direction;

Paradigm of the elites / moral reference

It is distinguished by reconsidering the principles of modernism

SYMBOLISM: hermeneutic interpretation (symbols)

It escapes from the patterns / paradigm of Modernism

Profound lack of moral landmarks
DADAISM nonsensical interpretation

FORM: rational organization of matter, culture, etc.

ANTIFORM: no aesthetic categories, forms, etc.

LOGOS: the word is the basic element

VISUAL EFFECTS: the effect on the brain, the emotional impact

DISTANCE: between author and reader (it can be easily identified in the
text)

PARTICIPATION: the reader constructs the meaning; participate in

the writing process of the work.

CREATION: creates the illusion of something new

DECONSTRUCTION: old structures are demolished and others are

rebuilt; rewrite something that was written.

CENTRISM: there is a center around which the core values are built

DISPERSION: moving the center to the periphery, the values are

dispersed.

GRAND NARRATIVES: stories underlying ideologies, beliefs, myths,

etc.

ANTI-NARRATIVES: against myths; the ideological elements are

deconstructed;

TYPES / GENRE: employment in one category

MUTANT: differences dissipation, eliminating borders (= man-robot

= cyborg)

PHALLIC: Fundamentally masculine elements

ANDROGYNY: democratization, female = male roles equalization

METAPHYSICS: spiritual salvation of the soul

IRONY: the "hope" category is abolished

Orwell George, 1984

Virginia Woold, Mrs. Dalloway,To the Lighthouse, Orlando
Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot

Anthony Burgess, The Clockwork Orange

Derrida, Lyotard, Lacan