whAt is postmoDErnism Firstly, postmoDErnism wAs A movEmEnt in ArChitECturE thAt rEjECtED thE moDErnist, AvAnt-gArDE, pAssion For thE nEw.
FEw tErms hAvE BEEn suBjECt to suCh intEnsE DEBAtEs As "postmoDErnism". though its inDisCriminAtE usE hAs All But ExhAustED thE worD oF Any kinD oF prECisE mEAning, onE CAn Distinguish thrEE mAjor usAgEs: (i) to rEFEr to thE non-rEAlist AnD non-trADitionAl litErAturE AnD Art oF thE post-worlD wAr ii pErioD; (ii) to rEFEr to litErAturE AnD Art whiCh tAkEs CErtAin moDErnist ChArACtEristiCs to All ExtrEmE stAgE, A viEw propounDED in johnBArth’s thE litErAturE oFExhAustion; AnD (iii) to rEFEr to A morE gEnErAl humAn ConDition in thE "lAtE-CApitAlist" worlD oF thE post 1950s, A pErioD mArkED By thE EnD oF whAt jEAn-FrAnCois lyotArD CAlls thE grAnD "mEtA-nArrAtivEs" oF wEstErn CulturE. thE myths By whiCh wE onCE lEgitimizED knowlEDgE AnD prACtiCE—ChristiAnity, sCiEnCE,DEmoCrACy,Communism, progrEss, no longEr hAvE thE unquEstioning support nECEssAry to sustAin thE projECts whiCh wErE unDErtAkEn in thEir nAmE, rEsulting in A rADiCAl DECEntring oF our CulturAl sphErE. it is not simply thAt thE postmoDErnism DoEs not BEliEvE in "truth" so muCh thAt it unDErstAnDs truth AnD mEAning As historiCAlly ConstruCtED AnD thus sEEks to ExposE thE mEChAnisms By whiCh this proDuCtion is hiDDEn AnD "nAturAlizED".
Among thE moDErnist DEviCEs whiCh postmoDErnism pushEs to A nEw ExtrEmE ArE: thE rEjECtion oF mimEtiC rEprEsEntAtion in FAvor oF A sElF-rEFErEntiAl "plAying" with thE Forms, ConvEntions AnD iCons oF "high Art" AnD litErAturE; thE rEjECtion oF thE Cult oF originAlity in rECognition oF thE inEvitABlE loss oF origin in thE AgE oF mAss proDuCtion; thE rEjECtion oF plot AnD ChArACtEr As mEAningFul ArtistiC ConvEntions; AnD thE rEjECtion oF mEAning itsElF As mislEADing.
howEvEr, whErE moDErnism thought oF itsElF As A lAst DitCh AttEmpt to shorE up, likEEliot’s FishEr king, thE ruins oF wEstErn CulturE, postmoDErnists oFtEn joyFully ACCEpt its DEmisE AnD plunDEr its rEmAins For thEir ArtistiC mAtEriAls.AnDy wArhol’s multiplE imAgEs oF mArilyn monroE AnD kAthyACkEr’s (rEwriting) oFCErvAntEs’Don quixotE ArE rEprEsEntAtivEs oF thE postmoDErnist trEnD towArD to BriColAgE, thE usE oF thE Bits AnD piECEs oF olDEr ArtiFACts to proDuCE A nEw, iF not "originAl", work oF Art, A work whiCh Blurs thE trADitionAl DistinCtions BEtwEEn thE olD AnD thE nEw EvEn As it Blurs thosE BEtwEEn high AnD low Art.
ACCorDing to thE tExt, whiCh oF thE Following DEviCEs is rEjECtED By postmoDErnism
A、mimEtiC rEprEsEntAtion. B、mAss proDuCtion.
C、high Art.
D、ArtistiC ConvEntions.