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Differences between Modernism and Postmodernism - Coggle Diagram
Differences between Modernism and Postmodernism
Modernism
Idiosyncratic language
Focuses on the writer
Challenges romanticism
Narrative of progress through science and technology
Techniques: stream of consciousness, free writing
Searches for an abstract truth of life
Inner self and consciousness were predominant
Rejects tradiotional forms
Use of reason provides indisputable knowledge
Focuses on the internal world
Hierarchy, order, centralized control
Postmodernism
Simple language
Focuses on the reader
Challenges Modernism
Skepticism of progress, anti-technology
Techniques: Metafiction, pastiche
Believes that there is no universal truth of life
It could have multiple meanings within a single literary work or a complete lack of meaning
Focuses on the external world
There is no objective truth just subjective knowledge
Irony and humor in writing
Subverted order, loss of centralized control, fragmentation