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American Postmodernism

American Postmodernism. Opening Lecture Dr. Michael Filas May 22, 2006. Ontological theory (identity & subjectivity); Epistemological theory (how we understand the world); Post-Marxist critique; Death of grand narratives; Deconstruction of structures; Absolute truth is unattainable.

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American Postmodernism

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  1. American Postmodernism Opening Lecture Dr. Michael Filas May 22, 2006

  2. Ontological theory (identity & subjectivity); Epistemological theory (how we understand the world); Post-Marxist critique; Death of grand narratives; Deconstruction of structures; Absolute truth is unattainable. Postmodern Theory

  3. Contemporary Aesthetics • Depthlessness • Lack of affect • Historicity • Objectivity • Mix of high and low culture • Mix of fact and fiction • Camp • Nested Narratives / Hypodiegetic worlds • Rejection of decorative beauty • Cool, or coldness

  4. Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian)The Last Judgment, Sistine Chapel, 1535-1541

  5. Modernism • Enlightenment (18th century Europe) • Shift away from classical themes • Deference to aristocracy • Realism and Naturalism • Rejection of aristocracy • Impressionism • High Modernism & Abstraction • Master Narratives

  6. Claude Monet (French)Garden at Sainte Adresse, 1876

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