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    Postmodernism emerged in the late 20th century as an extension of modernism, characterized by concepts like decentralization, instability, and a loss of meaning. It questions the reliability of truth and language, embraces absurdity and eclecticism, and mixes high and popular culture. Prominent postmodernist theorists include Fredrick Jameson, Terry Eagleton, Jacques Derrida, and Julia Kristeva, while writers such as Thomas Pynchon, John Barth, and Kurt Vonnegut employed techniques like self-reflexivity, genre mixing, and irony.

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    Postmodernism emerged in the late 20th century as an extension of modernism, characterized by concepts like decentralization, instability, and a loss of meaning. It questions the reliability of truth and language, embraces absurdity and eclecticism, and mixes high and popular culture. Prominent postmodernist theorists include Fredrick Jameson, Terry Eagleton, Jacques Derrida, and Julia Kristeva, while writers such as Thomas Pynchon, John Barth, and Kurt Vonnegut employed techniques like self-reflexivity, genre mixing, and irony.

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    Postmodernism

     Late part of the 20th.century


     Extension of Modernism
    Some concepts and themes

     Decentralization
     Disintegration
     Instability
     Loss of coherence and meaning
     Unreliability of truth
     Unreliability of language
     Welcoming the absurd confusion
     Eclecticism
     Anti-elitism (mixing and blending high culture and pop culture)
     poststructuralism (no self-evident foundations that guarantee the validity of knowledge and truth)
    Some prominent theoreticians and writers

     Fredrick Jameson
     Terry Eagleton
     Jacques Derrida
     Julia Kristeva
     Thomas Pynchon
     John Barth
     Kurt vonnegut
    Some techniques

     Self-reflexivity
     Genre mixing
     Collage
     Magic realism
     Irony and pastiche (playfulness)

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