Postmodernism is a term applied to various artistic and intellectual disciplines that departed from modernism's utopian visions of clarity and simplicity. Postmodernism rejected modernism's passion for all things new and was associated with philosophical movements like deconstruction that questioned objective notions of truth. As a movement in architecture, postmodernism rejected the avant-garde ideals of modernism. Postmodern art and literature employed techniques like parody, pastiche, and intertextuality that referenced and commented on previous works through self-reflexive means.

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DEFINITIONPostmodernism is a wide-ranging term which is applied to
literature, art, philosophy, architecture, fiction and cultural
literary criticism, among others. It is associated with
deconstruction and post-structuralism because its usage as a
term gained significant popularity at the same time as the
twentieth-century post-structural thought.
Postmodernism itself had been a drastic departure from
modernism’s utopian visions based on clarity and simplicity. It
had been a way in which modernists could open a window onto
a new world. Therefore, postmodernism was a movement in
architecture that rejected the modernist, avant garde, passion
for the new.

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6. GLOSSARY
Reinvent – changing something into something new and better.
Surrealism – a 20th century avant-garde movement in art and literature which
sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, for
example by the irrational juxtaposition of images.
Self-reflexive – containing a reflection or image of itself.
Intertextuality – one media text referring to another
Parody – mocking something in an original way
Pastiche – an artistic work in a style that imitates that of another work, artist,
or period. This is a self-conscious imiatation.
Bricolage – Mixing up and using different genres and styles
Homage – Imitation from a respectful standpoint