This document provides information about modernism and postmodernism. It discusses how modernism emerged in the late 19th century during the second industrial revolution and was focused on improving aspects of life through science and technology. Postmodernism emerged after World War II and rejected central hierarchies and universal theories, instead embracing complexity and diversity. Some examples of modernist works included Ulysses by James Joyce and The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot, while postmodernist works included Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs and Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. The document concludes that modernism qualified endorsed Enlightenment ideals, while postmodernism unequivocally denounced them.

1. Name- Rudrika gohel
M.A. English
Sem: 2
Batch: 2017-2019
Roll No: 31
Enrollment No: 2069108420180015
Submitted to: Smt.S.B.Gardi Department of English MKBU
Email Id: rudrikagohel97@gmail.com
Paper No: 7

2. Introduction
Modernism
 Emerged around the time of the second industrial
revolution (1870-1920)
 Widely used to identify new and distinctive features
Postmodernism
 Generally emerged after the Second World War
 Involves the diverse which attempts to break away
from modernist forms

3. Example of modern vs.
postmodern

4. Example of modern art vs.
postmodern art

5. Modernism
 Modernism describes a collection of cultural
movements of the late nineteenth and early twentieth
century.
 It consist of a series reforming movements in art,
architecture, literature, music and applied arts.
 There was a trend of improving every aspects of life by
involving science and technology into it.
 It brought out spheres of life including, philosophy,
commerce, art and literature

6. Postmodernism
 Postmodernism means ‘after the modernism’
 It was reaction to modernism and was influensed by
the second world war
 It refers to the state that lacks a central hierarchy and
one that is complex and diverse
 The development in society, economy, and culture of
the 1960s were impacted by postmodernism

7. Difference
Modernism Postmodernism
 We created art to remind us
that there is beauty in all the
things
 We created art to remind
ourselves, not all that glitter
is gold

8. Modernists and their works
 James Joyce
Ulysses
 T. S. Eliot
The Waste Land
 D. H. Lawrence
Lady Chatterley’s lover

9. The Waste Land
 Epic
 Eliot took several years
to write this poem
 Called on the most
important poems of the
twentieth century
 Made people think about
their lives and how to
improve it

10. Postmodernists and their works
 William S. Burroughs
Naked Lunch
 Thomas Pynchon
Gravity’s Rainbow
 Joseph Heller
Catch-22

11. Catch-22
 Involves frequent
flashbacks
 It follows captain John
Yossarin’s in his exploits
as a bombardier’s in the
US air survive the
madness of war

12. Postmodernism in Bollywood
‘Om Shanti Om’
It rejects the claim of any
universal theory
 The movie clearly detours
from the faith in science due
to its concept of rebirth.
It becomes impossible to
distinguish between reality
and illusion
 The movie posses several
scenes of hyper realism and
melodrama wherein fantasy
and fiction are mixed

13. Conclusion
 Modernism and Postmodernism were both
movements that sprung out of an analysis of events
within the modern period from the perspective of the
values of the Enlightenment but where Modernism
was a qualified endorsement of Enlightenment ideals,
Postmodernism was an unequivocal denunciation of
them.