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Caterina Sguassero

POST. ODERNISM. Caterina Sguassero. Cultural and historical great events of the modern era :. World War I, W orld War II. Changes in industry and tecnology . International corporations Interconnectedness across the globe “ W esternization ”. Societies changed their values :

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Caterina Sguassero

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  1. POST ODERNISM Caterina Sguassero

  2. Cultural and historicalgreateventsof the modern era: • World War I, World War II. • Changes in industry and tecnology. • International corporations • Interconnectednessacross the globe • “Westernization” • Societieschangedtheirvalues: • Desirabilityofindustrialization • Individualpoliticalrights • Democracy • Mass education • Scientificmethod • Emancipationof women Impressionism Expressionism Surrealism Nihilism MODERNISM

  3. MODERNISM Impressionisms: Roleofindividualperception, nature of the concious and unconcious mind Expressionism: Triesto express the innerversion Surrealism:: Liberate the subconcious Absurdism: To duplicate the absurdconditionofcontemporary life(dying in wars, holocaust..)

  4. POSTMODERNISM • RevisionofModernism: • Itrejects the Western values and beliefsasonly a small part of the humanexperience • Itunderlinesmeaningsassociatedwith the interiorofobjects and events. • Humanexperienceisunstable, internallycontraddictory, ambiguous, inconclusive, indeterminate, unfinished. • Postmodernwritercreatesan open work, in which the readermustprovidehisownunguidedinterpretation.

  5. POSTMODERNISM It may be considered a reaction against confidence in reason Chaos, priviledgevariety and diversity. Reasonwillneverleadtotruth, therisn’t anobjectivetruth. We are living in a society with a vast diversity and plurality of ways of looking at life. Thereisnotonewiewof reality thatmakes full senseof the world.

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