Post - Modernism and Mass Culture 1 P M rnism and M C ost ode ass ulture Post Modernism/20/1/98/P.Covington/Media Disc This is a relatively new development and there are few sources that present clear and readable accounts of it. It is a reaction to the belief of postmodernists that Marx concentrated excessively on production‚ at the cost of consumption. Introduction This concept‚ despite its variety of meanings and definitions‚ is used to refer to many aspects of social life from
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MODERNISM The literary movement that spanned from the late 19th century until roughly 1965 is referred to as modernism. When talking about the movement there must be an understanding of the difference between modernism and the more common word “modern”. The word modern refers to what is new‚ recent‚ and updated. Although modernism does deal with the futuristic and the new‚ it also covers vastly more topics and themes. Modernism reaches into rebellion‚ struggle and harsh realities. From there it
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I. Executive Summary In May of 2000‚ Yeats Valves chairman and CEO‚ Bill Yeats‚ met with his consultant and fellow board member‚ Kate Porter‚ to discuss the final negotiations regarding the acquisition of Yeats Valves by TSE International Corporation. Although the social terms of the merger had been discussed‚ no specific details had been settled. Organized in 1980 for engineering and developmental work on specialty valves and heat exchangers‚ Yeats Valves and Controls Inc (YVC) had a reputation
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Coming’ is a particularly interesting focal point by which we empathise with Yeats’ despair at the breakdown of humanity and it affect on society (in particular Ireland). Conversely one may suggest that the concept of a ‘Second Coming‘ implies that Yeats feels hope for the future‚ as the title clearly alludes to the return of Christ thus suggesting the salvation of humanity. ‘September 1913’ is another poem in which Yeats expresses his despair at the changing society at the hands of the merciless
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extinction of personality in the form of void as a superior creative excellence is definitely more than mere excellence in the art of poetry. It is the ascent of excellence‚ indeed‚ the ascent of poetry and the poet. Unlike any other mystic poet‚ W. B. Yeats enters into the world of mystic void when he is at his best in sonnets. As a matter of fact‚ the mystic aroma in his poetic creations finds its most serene and poignant efflorescence when he creates the mesmeric mystic void in his mature sonnets.
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Intro In the late nineteenth and twentieth century there was a departure from the traditional art forms. Rather than represent what is real‚ artists were presenting abstractions. Technological innovations influenced the arts. Artists represented electric light in paintings with images of light in buildings. With the development of the camera‚ photography became a fine art. Industrialism During the early years of the twentieth century‚ America went through a period of social and economic change
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Franz Kafka’s Quest for an Unavailable God REVIEWED BY‚ Roz Spafford Sunday‚ April 5‚ 1998 THE CASTLE By Franz Kafka‚ translated by Mark Harman Schocken; 328 pages; Franz Kafka’s name has been appropriated as our century’s reigning adjective; ``Kafkaesque’’ is a word for which no adequate synonym exists. From the absurd circuitry of managed care to our Dilbertesque workplaces and the bizarre comic opera playing in Washington‚ the relevance of ``The Castle‚’’ Kafka’s para ble of bureaucracy gone
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As some critics contended‚ postmodernism represents a break with the modernist notion that architecture should be technologically rational‚ austere and functional‚ discuss the ways in which one postmodern architect has developed strategies which overcome these tendencies. Juxtaposition is seen between the characteristics of early 20th century modern architecture and the artistic endeavours of postmodernism that followed. To represent the ‘Less is More’ (R.Venturi‚ 1966‚ pg16) notion the modernist
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Modernism and Post Modernism in Literature Modernism in Literature Literary Modernism has its origins in the late 19th and early 20th centuries‚ mainly in Europe and North America. Modernism is characterized by a self-conscious break with traditional styles of poetry and verse. Modernists experimented with literary form and expression‚ adhering to the modernist maxim to "Make it new." The modernist literary movement was driven by a desire to overturn traditional modes of representation and express
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“The beginnings of Dada were not the beginnings of art‚ but disgust.”1 Modernist movements rejected traditional art styles‚ turning against the classical‚ more formal aesthetics in exchange for newer‚ more abstract ways of viewing the world. The emergence of Dada as an anti-art movement was described by Kleiner as: "a phenomenon bursting forth in the midst of the economic and moral crisis [of war-torn Europe]‚ a savior‚ a monster‚ which would lay waste to everything in its path... a systematic
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