Classics of Western Postmodern Art, Film and Drama, The Infinite Transparent Blue

Author: Wang Ning
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: Readers may discover more postmodern characteristics in these works through careful reading of the texts analyzed in this series. Even starting from their own journalistic experience, they might question or even reconstruct existing definitions of postmodernism. I believe if this can be achieved, as editors of this book, we would feel greatly fulfilled. Of course, postmodern works largely exhibit immature experimental features. Due to their uncertainty in meaning, incompleteness in structure, and randomness in plot, understanding them may present various obstacles. However, I would like to remind readers that one of the main tenets of postmodern aesthetics is the rejection of meaning certainty and the ultimate nature of value. Consequently, there is no fixed model for interpreting postmodern literary works. Different readers may uncover diverse meanings within the same work based on their reading experience and horizon of expectations. Thus, differing interpretations of the same work are entirely normal. In summary, we also hope readers will provide constructive criticism and corrections regarding any inappropriate viewpoints expressed by the authors in this book.