What was postmodernism?
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Title |
What was postmodernism? |
Speaker |
Farrell, John |
Contributors |
Burrow, Gale (introduction) |
Subjects |
American literature Artists Authors as artists Mr. Potato Head (Trademark) Nature Poetry Postmodernism Reality Self |
Description |
In the 1980s, the term "postmodernism" was adopted by literary critics to designate what the reigning generation of artists and theorists, figures like Pynchon, Cage, Warhol, and Barthes, had in common. Postmodernists shared an interest in presenting words, sounds, or images for their own sake. They questioned the ability of art, or even language in general, to refer to anything beyond itself, adopting for themselves a fundamental detachment or post-metaphysical cool. Where modernism sought profundity, originality, and ontological grounding, postmodernism was an art of exhilarating superficiality, unmoored borrowing, and an enjoyable lightness of being. The arrival of postmodernism has often been treated as an epoch-making event in the history of Western culture. John Farrell finds these claims overblown. In his lecture, he will present some ambitious theories of what postmodernism meant and counter them with observations of his own. |
Notes |
Rosenkranz, Adam (lecture organizer) |
Publisher |
Claremont Colleges Library |
Date |
2006-11-08 |
Language |
eng |
Source |
Original digital video cassette: 60 minute DVM of lecture by John Farrell |
Collection |
Claremont Discourse Lectures - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/cdl/ |
Rights |
Physical rights are retained by the institution. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws. |
Type |
Moving Image |
Format |
video/f4v |
Object File Name |
cdl00004 |
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