Postmodern literature The term Postmodern literature is used to describe certain tendencies in post-World War II literature. It is both a continuation of the experimentation championed by writers of the modernist period (relying heavily‚ for example‚ on fragmentation‚ paradox‚ questionable narrators‚ etc.) and a reaction against Enlightenment ideas implicit in Modernist literature. Postmodern literature‚ like postmodernism as a whole‚ is difficult to define and there is little agreement on the
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Bibliography: Jameson‚ Fredric. Postmodernism‚ or the cultural logic of late capitalism. London: Verso‚ 1991 Lyotard‚ Jacques. The postmodern condition. Manchester: Manchester University Press‚ 1984. Sim‚ Stuart‚ ed. The icon critical dictionary of postmodern thought. Cambridge: Icon Books‚ 1998. Woods‚ Tim. Beginning postmodernism. Manchester: Manchester University
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W./Spreitzer‚ G. M./Cummings‚ T. G. (Eds.): The future of leadership: Today’s top leadership thinkers speak to tomorrow’s leaders‚ San Francisco: Jossey-Bass‚ pp. 81-90 Levy‚ A./Merry‚ U. (1986): Organizational transformation‚ New York: Praeger Lyotard‚ J.-F. (1987): The postmodern condition: A report on knowledge‚ Manchester: Manchester University Press March‚ J. G./Olsen‚ J. P. (1989): Rediscovering institutions: The organizational basics of politics‚ New York: The Free Press Mezias‚ S./Glynn
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Realism is an international relations theory which states that world politics is driven by competitive self-interest.[1] ------------------------------------------------- Common assumptions[edit source | editbeta] Realism is a tradition of international theory centered upon four propositions.[2] 1. The international system is anarchic * There is no actor above states capable of regulating their interactions; states must arrive at relations with other states on their own‚ rather than it being
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The Depiction of Insecurity and Militarization of Society Against Global Democratic Norm: A Post-colonialist Appraisal of Tanure Ojaide’s The Activist by Ode John Iyanya Introduction Some countries are colonized by others. This has bred a fusion or a total altering of the culture‚ values and psychic of the colonized. The concept of Post-Coloniality therefore refers to the behavior in reaction to this relationship and the resultant aftermath in all aspects of the people’s lives after the
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Lexical Ambiguity “What you see is what you believe on the basis of what you have conditioned yourself to accept. Your negative will be someone’s positive.” – Pushkar Shinde I’m always told since time immemorial that I have to speak and express myself because I have something to say but being an English major brought me in a point of realization wherein I learned how hard it is to be entirely understood. As my professor had always told me‚ meanings are in people‚ not in words.
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Aesthetics Aesthetics (also spelled æsthetics or esthetics) is commonly known as the study of sensory or sensori-emotional values‚ sometimes called judgments of sentiment and taste.[1] More broadly‚ scholars in the field define aesthetics as "critical reflection on art‚ culture and nature."[2][3] Aesthetics is a subdiscipline of axiology‚ a branch of philosophy‚ and is closely associated with the philosophy of art.[4] Aesthetics studies new ways of seeing and of perceiving the world.[5] *
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Ailene Brukman-Stivi Professor: Haim Deuel Lusky Postmodernism and Feminism The question of what happened to feminism during the postmodern times is not easily encapsulated in one phrase or idea as it is actually an amalgam of often purposely ambiguous and fluid ideas. One would have to start researching about postmodernism and what it means‚ let alone search about the history of feminism and its development. After one would research a little bit about postmodernism he or she would
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Penguin). JARVIS‚ . (1996) The public recognition of lifetime learning European Journal of Lifelong Leamrning‚ ‚ pp. 10-17. KERR‚ C.‚ DUNLOP‚ J.T.‚ HARBISON‚ F. & MYERS‚ C.A. (1973) Industrialism and Industrial Man 2nd edn. (Harmondsworth‚ Penguin). LYOTARD‚ -F. (1984) The Post-Modern Condition: a report on knowledge (Manchester‚ Manchester University Press). ( (1996) Lifelong Learning for All (Paris‚ OTALA‚L. (1998) European Approaches to Lifelong Learning (Geneva‚ European University-Industry Forum)
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Introduction In many societies today‚ evidence exists of an increase in information that has opened a floodgate of knowledge‚ thereby putting a dent into human ignorance and significantly changing various aspects of life including education‚ communication‚ business and societal living. It is this prevalence of information that has led to the birth of what theoreticians refer to as the ‘information society’. It is not known exactly when the information society came into being‚ but it is believed
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