Theoretical framework of postmodernism

1. Postmodernism is
characterized by ‘an
eclectic approach, (by a
liking for) aleatory writing,
(and for) parody and
pastiche.’ J.A. Cuddon,
Dictionary of Literary Terms and
Literary Theory

2. ‘Eclectic’- use of fragmented forms
(Modernist works such as The Waste Land also is
a collage of juxtaposed, incomplete/fragment of
stories)

3. ‘Aleatory forms’- those which incorporate an
element of randomness or chance (However, even
Dadaists of 1917 made poems from sentences
plucked randomly from newspapers.)

4. Use of ‘parody and pastiche’ (composition
consisting of a series of songs or other
musical pieces from various sources -in
music-)- related to the abandonment of
the divine pretensions of authorship...

5. In short, it is impossible to understand the differences
between modernism and postmodernism based on the
definition given...

6. Distinctions between Modernism and
Postmodernism (based on Jeremy Hawthorn’s Concise Glossary
of Contemporary Literary Theory)

7. Modernist laments fragmentation while
the postmodernist celebrates it.

8. Tone/Attitude
Modernism | postmodernism
Fierce asceticism | believes in
excess, in
gaudiness, and in ‘bad
taste’ mixture of qualities

9. “Decoration is a
crime”, Adolf Loos

10. “Less is more”, Mies
van der Rohe

11. “A house is a machine for living in.” Le
Corbusier

12. postmodern

13. postmodern

14. Thank you!
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