Postmodernism Essay Examples and Topics

Modernism was the era of rationalism, clean geometry, lack of ornamentation and functionalism; Post-modernism arose as a reaction against this encouraging anti-purism. Its daring and non-conforming designs caused a stir in the design world, convincing some more than others with its abandonment of the meta-narrative….

In order to understand and evaluate a novel written decades before the time in which we live, contrary to New Critics who focus merely on the form dismissing the historical back ground of the work and the experiences by which the author has created the…

DeLillo’s fiction describes the elements of both modernism and postmodernism. He has given the primary influences on his literary work and development, which is abstract expressionism, foreign films, and jazz. Many of his novels explore postmodern themes: rampant consumerism, novelty intellectualism, the disintegration and re-integration…

It is hard to give a reasonable meaning of modernism and postmodernism. It tends to be said that both are social flows that include a scope of creative articulations in painting, model, writing, and design over a specific timeframe. Modernism has shown up around the…

The first sculpture I will look at is ‘Half-Figure’  by Henry Moore. I will compare this with ‘Angel of the North’  by Antony Gormley. The first sculpture is an example of modernism, and the second an example of postmodernism. As well as comparing the two…

What is prime reality-the really real? Sire (2009) states that prime reality in Christianity is “the infinite, personal god revealed in the Holy scriptures. This God is triune, transcendent and immanent, omniscient, sovereign, and good.” In Christianity daily life consists of abiding by the word…

In this essay I will be comparing two sculptures by two different artists in two different periods of time. The first sculpture I will look at is ‘Half-Figure’ by Henry Moore. I will compare this with ‘Angel of the North’ by Antony Gormley. The first…

The word “post-truth” defined as “circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief” was selected as word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries in 2016. In the same year, an article named “The Age…

Modernism and Post-Modernism Modernism is one of the most recent and influential literary movements in the history of English literature. The Modernism era began in 1890 and ended around 1930. It was often viewed as an era where authors rejected the Victorian styles. Most authors…

‘Remix culture’, as defined by Eduardo Navas, can be seen through ‘specific forms of expression using pre-existing sources (such as sound, image, text) to develop work that may be considered derivative while also gaining autonomy’. As an example of ‘remix culture’ that has dominated contemporary…

Anthropology today is not only moving towards new ways of operating past decades of postmodern and postcolonial criticism, but also, according to the authors of this course’s reading list, away from outdated terminology and approach. Where classical anthropology, in the spirit of Durkheim, Boas, and…

‘Postmodernism’ is a style of the late 20th century, which involves the intentional influence/use of past artist’s work styles and conventions. As a characteristic of postmodernism, ‘appropriation’ occurs when artists deliberately borrow pre-existing art features/images adding little to no variation. This occurs in order to…

More Human than Human: Postmodernism in Blade Runner Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner is set in a “hyper-modernist” 2019 Los Angeles. The plot follows police agent Rick Deckard as he is tasked with killing 5 bioengineered androids called “replicants” as it is illegal for these “replicants”…

Futuristic style is a popular style in the early 20th century. It covers literature, painting, sculpture, poetry, drama, architecture, music, clothing and so on. Designers will look for inspiration from these art styles, endless new technologies, new building structures continue to bring surprises. Three-dimensional cutting…

This paper focuses on researching postmodernism and its primary features, and how Paul Auster has implemented them in his story City of Glass. The following paper explores how the author (Auster) deals with reality and identity in his novel. Auster’s first novel, City of Glass…