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    one’s free will. In the late twentieth century‚ postmodernists challenged traditional thinking and began to explore unconventional logic. Italo Calvino‚ an Italian novelist‚ considered this concept in The Nonexistent Knight. The author showcases postmodernism in breaking standard literary traditions to convey the general notion that there are no absolute truths in the world. By manipulating traditional archetypes and stereotypes‚ the author purposely alters

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    My first experience watching a Coen brothers’ movie changed how I viewed film. Upon my first viewing of The Big Lebowski‚ I realized it was much more than a film about a middle aged stoner who lost his rug. I was able to identify different characteristics from a wide range of genres represented in classic films I had seen over the years. After numerous viewings‚ I could piece together a message the Coen brothers were trying to communicate to their audience through the film’s narrator: “Sometimes

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    family a “meeseeks box.” Meeseeks are essential tall blue helpers who exist to complete a specific task‚ and then cease to exist as soon as that task is complete. This episode is more important when discussing existentialism‚ but for the sake of postmodernism‚ the most important part is the title‚ which is a play on the title of a Metallica song “Seek and

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    combination of myth‚ legend‚ dream and fantasy with a plot that has Verisimilitude. Magic Realism is an extended view of Postmodernism. Postmodernism had been applied to the literature and art after World War writings II (1939-45)‚ when the effects on western morale of the First World war were greatly exacerbated by the experience of Nazi totalitarianism and mass extermination. Postmodernism involves not only a continuation‚ sometimes carried to an extreme‚ of the coutntertraditional experiments of modernism

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    Culture:- Culture is one of the most important concepts of social science. It is a unique possession of man. Only man in born and brought up in a cultural environment. It is a very broad term that includes in itself all our works of life‚our modes of behavior‚our philosophies and ethics‚ our morals‚ manners‚ our customs and traditions. Definitions:- 1.B.Malinowski defined culture “cumulative creation of man.” 2.Graham Wallas‚ culture as an accumulation of thoughts values and objects‚ it

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    “Pastiche” is part of the complex concept of postmodernism. Jameson describes postmodernism as “specific reactions against…high modernism” and “the erosion of the older distinction between high culture and so-called mass or popular culture‚” and specifies postmodernism’s use in “that newly emergent social order of late capitalism” (Jameson 1-3). The Twilight story does not exactly fit all aspects of this certain definition and usage of postmodernism‚ but it applies postmodernist consumer theories

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    rationalization of nature. Two values that I believe are represented in today’s art are authenticity and emotionalism. Authenticity is a value that came out after the fall of modernism to postmodernism. Postmodernism started back in the 1940s and eventually rose over modernism around the 1960s. One of the major themes of postmodernism

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    DIZZY EMU SPRING FESTIVAL University spring festival reminds us that spring season is coming and people welcome this amazing change of climate with too many activates which give students/participants positive energy which make people more relax‚ comfortable and healthy. There are too many communities of students and their stands‚ music‚ dances‚ exhibitions of art‚ theatres‚ concerts and foods in the festival. Eventually these sorts of things are the sources which give people sense of joy as they

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    the latest style and what is currently popular. This creates people to convince their parents to buy them $500 shoes that a famous basketball player has. In the Article‚ Do you choose your identity or is it chosen for you? Dana Mrkich states‚ “Postmodernism suggests that we mold ourselves‚ and are molded by others in response to whatever is popular and accepted.” It suggests that we are not forming a true identity since we are trying to be someone else. Not only does it impact who we are‚ but it

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    Amae)‚ Tokyo: Kobundo. Goortz‚ Clifford. 1973. The Interpretation of Cultures‚ Now York: Basic. Habormas‚ Jurgen. 1987. The Philosophical Discourse of Modoernity‚ translated by Frederick Lawrence‚ Cambridge: MIT Press. Jameson‚ Frederic. 1984. "Postmodernism‚ or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism‚" Now Left Review‚ 146. Karatani‚ Kojin. 1985. Hihyoo to Posutornodan (Criticism and the Postmodern)‚ Tokyo: Fusanbo. Lebra‚ Takie Sugiyama. 1976. Japanese Pattems of Behavior‚ Honolulu: University of Hawaii

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