Title: Postmodernism in Literature: Definition & Examples - English Class [2021 Video] | Study.com
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Postmodernism in Literature: Definition & Examples
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Postmodern Literature Defined
Postmodern Philosophy
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Content: However, they all play with various postmodern conventions and either reject, mock or completely re-work previous styles of literary writing. Furthermore, they all embrace some aspect of the postmodern worldview that nothing is absolute or inherently true. Some literary critics and scholars have complained that postmodern literature, as a genre of writing, is male-dominated. Critics and scholars tend to recognize very few female writers as postmodernists. Furthermore, some critics and scholars argue that postmodern literary styles - as divergent and unique as they may be - are showy, over complicated, lacking in any firm moral vision, too self-conscious and lacking in seriousness. In fact, many writers - some of whom are considered to be postmodern - reject the very concept of postmodern writing or at least the label of postmodern. After all, if postmodern writing and philosophy ultimately rejects the idea of absolute meaning, how can such a concept have an absolute definition or name associated with it? Lesson Summary
The styles and ideologies of postmodern literature have had a tremendous influence on contemporary literature, visual art, film, science, history and journalism. The styles and techniques of postmodern authors has had a tremendous influence on popular culture all over the world. All of these storytelling devices were first used by postmodern literary writers and were adopted by film and television makers.