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1、1Whatis“Postmodernism”intherealmofliterature?PostmodernismisablankettermcoveringawiderangeofdiverseexperimentationthathasbeengoingonsincetheendofWWII,onethathasonlyemergedasanareaofacademicstudysincethemid-1980s.Postmodernismishardtodefine,becauseitisaconceptthatappear
2、sinawidevarietyofdisciplinesorareasofstudy,includingart,architecture,music,film,literature,sociology,communications,fashion,andtechnology.Postmodernisminliteraturemaybeseenasacontinuationofmodernism’salienatedmoodanddisorientingtechniquesandatthesametimeasanabandonment
3、ofitsdeterminedquestforartisticcoherenceinafragmentedworld:whereamodernistartistorwriterwouldtrytowrestameaningfromtheworld,thepostmodernistgreetstheabsurdormeaninglessconfusionofcontemporaryexistencewithacertainnumbedorflippantindifferencefavoringself-consciously“dept
4、hless”works…(OxfordConciseDictionaryofLiteraryTerms)2WhatarethedifferencesbetweenModernismandPostmodernism?a.WhereasModernismplacesfaithintheideas,values,beliefs,culture,andnormsoftheWest,postmodernismrejectswesternvaluesandbeliefsasonlyasmallpartofthehumanexperiencean
5、doftenrejectssuchideas,beliefs,cultureandnorms.b.Whereasmodernismattemptstorevealprofoundtruthsofexperienceandlife,postmodernismissuspiciousofbeing“profound”becausesuchideasarebasedononeparticularwesternvaluesystems.c.Whereasmodernismattemptstofinddepthandinteriormeani
6、ngbeneaththesurfaceofobjectsandevents,postmodernismpreferstodwellontheexteriorimageandavoidsdrawingconclusionsorsuggestingunderlyingmeaningsassociatedwiththeinteriorofobjectsandevents.d.Whereasmodernismfocusesoncentralthemesandaunitedvisioninaparticularpieceofliteratur
7、e,postmodernismseeshumanexperienceasunstable,internallycontradictory,ambiguous,inconclusive,indeterminate,unfinished,fragmented,discontinuous,“jagged”,withnoonespecificrealitypossible.Therefore,itfocusesonavisionofacontradictory,fragmented,ambiguous,indeterminate,unfin
8、ished,“jagged”world.e.Whereasmodernauthorsguideandcontrolthereader’sresponsetotheirwork,thepostmodernwriterscreatean“
