Modernism and Postmodernism

Author: Luo Mingzhou
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: The "Modernism" and "Postmodernism" identified in this book are literary-level concepts. The book affirms the view that postmodernism is by no means an isolated and spontaneous phenomenon; it maintains a certain connection and inheritance with modernism. It refines, develops, reacts against, and transcends the creative concepts and expressive techniques of modernism. The book is divided into three parts: The first part argues from a theoretical perspective on the attributes, characteristics, development, and relationships of modernist and postmodernist literature with adjacent literary phenomena; the second part discusses and analyzes the evolution and creative achievements of modernist literary schools; the third part discusses and analyzes the evolution and creative achievements of postmodernist literary schools.