The document discusses key differences between modern and postmodern perspectives. In modern thought, there was faith in grand narratives and master theories to explain history and culture. Totalizing explanations were accepted. Postmodernism rejects master narratives and grand theories in favor of local narratives and contingent explanations. It also rejects notions of social and cultural unity, seeing them as pluralistic and unclear. While modernism valued authentic originals, postmodernism sees mediated representations and simulacra as more powerful than unmediated reality. For art, modernism saw unique, finished works validated by standards, whereas postmodernism sees art as process, performance and intertextuality validated by audiences.

1. Geeta Gohil
Modern Postmodern
Master Narratives and Metanarratives of history, culture
and national identity as accepted before WWII.
Suspicion and rejection of Master Narratives for history,
culture; local narratives, ironic deconstruction od master
narratives.
Faith in the Grand Theory (totalising explanations in history,
science and culture) to represent to all knowledge and
explain everything
Rejection of totalising theories: pursuit of localising and
contingent theories.
Faith in and myths of social and cultural unity, hierarchies of
social-class and ethnic/national values.
Social and cultural pluralism, disunity, unclear bases for
social/national/ethnic unity.
Faith in ‘real’ beyond media, language, symbols and
representations; authenticity of ‘originals’.
Hyper-reality, image saturations, simulacra see more
powerful than ‘real’ images and texts with no prior to
‘original’. ‘As seem on TV’ and ‘as seen on MTV’ are more
powerful than unmediated experience.
Art as unique object and finished work authenticated by
artist and validated by agreed upon standards.
Art as process, performance, production and intertextuality.
Art as recycling of culture authenticated by audience and
validated in subcultures sharing identity with the artist.
To be honest in which I understand the most, it has to be none of them, however there are some parts of
the Modern and some parts of the Postmodern section which I completely understand and agree with.
In the table above are all the topics I understand and know the different between.
With modern, it’s understood to be about the past which can be easily recognise, on the other hand,
Postmodern is relatable to all current topics now and previously happened in past events few years ago.
In link with media and art, it’s shown that with Modernism, realism and the original look of a certain thing
was agreed and the people had ‘faith’ in it. In relation to the Postmodernism argument saying that hyper-reality
is more powerful that real images. This is true as It gets the audience persuaded but still fools their
eyes.
Geeta Gohil