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The literary critic Irving Howe, for instance, denounced postmodern literature for being content to merely reflect, rather than actively attempt to refashion, what he saw as the "increasingly shapeless" character of contemporary society.
Since postmodernism represents a decentred concept of the universe in which individual works are not isolated creations, much of the focus in the study of postmodern literature is on intertextuality: the relationship between one text (a novel for example) and another or one text within the interwoven fabric of literary history.
Ihab Hassan was born in Cairo, Egypt, and emigrated to the United States in 1946.He was Emeritus Vilas Research Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.His writings include influential books such as The Dismemberment of Orpheus: Toward a Postmodern Literature (1971, 1982), Paracriticisms: Seven Speculations of the Times (1975), and The Postmodern Turn: Essays in Postmodern Theory ...
Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism is a 1991 book by Fredric Jameson, in which the author offers a critique of modernism and postmodernism from a Marxist perspective. The book began as a 1984 article in the New Left Review. [1] [2] It has been presented as his "most wide-ranging and accessible book". [3]
One unique outgrowth of this post-modern furniture design trajectory is Live Edge, which incorporates the natural surface of a tree as part of a furniture object, heralding a resurgence of these natural shapes and textures within the home. [1] Additionally, the use of Epoxy Resin has become more prevalent in DIY furniture styles.
The Paper Menagerie (2011) by Ken Liu [119] ... List of postmodern writers; Postmodern literature; Postmodern art; Postmodern film and television; Graphic novel;
Furniture design will see a return to more ornamentation and textures in 2025—a move away from the minimalist, modern lines that dominated previous decades. For Heinrich and Yeakey, this is most ...
Early critics important to postmodernism: Søren Kierkegaard; Claude Lévi-Strauss; Friedrich Nietzsche; Ferdinand de Saussure; General: Cultural studies; Gender studies; Hungryalism; List of postmodern novels; List of postmodern writers; Literary theory; Post-colonialism; Poststructuralism; Postmodern literature; Second-wave feminism; Third ...