Course

Course code: ILHB23
Credits: 7.5

Study period: spring semester 2013
Type of studies: part time, 75 % , evening
Study period: 2013-02-25 – 2013-04-02
Language of instruction: English
Eligibility: General requirements for university studies in Sweden

Application code: LU-E7701

Application code: LU-71261

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Description

The term postmodernism refers to a very complex ideological movement that concerns the entire cognitive field, from music to architecture, from movies to philosophy, from technology to sociology. As an academic subject or object of study its origin can be dated to the middle 1980 s, but as a historical process it is much more difficult to date. The difference between modernism and postmodernism is based on the values imbedded in one s work and actions. Modernism sees the fragmentation of the subject as a tragic consequence of a world regarded as unintelligible and an objectivity that is impossible to reach. The postmodern thinker, on the other hand, sees optimistically on all these factors and strives to deepen them. One thing is meant by modernism within literary studies and another is meant by it within the field of the history of ideas. Within literary science, modernism refers to the works of Joyce, Eliot, Pound, Proust and Kafka. A new way of writing that throughout the first years of the 20th century is characterized by, among other things, the impressionistic character of the discourse, subjectivity, a multitude of perspectives, fragmentation of forms and non-continuous discourses. During this period the borders between high and popular culture disappear.