British Postmodernism: An Introduction to Theory

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Which of the following is NOT a representative of modern literature according to the text?

James Joyce
Virginia Woolf
Leo Tolstoy (correct)
Franz Kafka

What is one of the defining characteristics of modernism mentioned in the text?

Lack of correspondence between text and time (correct)
Objective narration
Detailed description of characters’ appearance
Multiple plot twists

Which philosopher explains the process of memory and its relation to consciousness?

Friedrich Nietzsche
Henri Bergson (correct)
Immanuel Kant
Jean-Paul Sartre

What is the nature of the narrators and characters in modernist literature according to the text?

Pessimists (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary change in perspective from realism in modernist literature mentioned in the text?

Stream of consciousness (B) Signup and view all the answers

How is modern writing defined according to the text?

Changing setting and lack of correspondence between text and time (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the main focus of postmodern trend according to Brian McHale?

Ontological issues (D) Signup and view all the answers

Who is considered to have influenced postmodernist writers through the new novel (le nouveau-roman)?

Alain Robbe-Grillet (C) Signup and view all the answers

Which theorist stated that the illusion of reality becomes 'a real without origin or reality: a hyperreal'?

Jean Baudrillard (B) Signup and view all the answers

According to David Harvey, what is the most startling fact about postmodernism?

Its total acceptance of ephemerality, fragmentation, discontinuity, and the chaotic (A) Signup and view all the answers

Who mentioned the psychological presuppositions of postmodernism and the problem of schizophrenia?

David Harvey (B) Signup and view all the answers

According to Jameson, what does the intended literary work sometimes target?

Financial gains - consumptionist tendency of the society (B) Signup and view all the answers

Who called postmodernism 'the illusion of reality becomes a real without origin or reality: a hyperreal'?

Jean Baudrillard (B) Signup and view all the answers

What does David Harvey mention regarding the fragmentation and instability of language and discourses?

Fragmentation and instability of language and discourses (A) Signup and view all the answers

What did Ihab Hassan call postmodern?

A state beyond modernism and its successor (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the defining characteristics of modern writing according to the text?

Shifting perspective and subjective narration (C) Signup and view all the answers

Who is NOT considered a representative of modern literature according to the text?

Fyodor Dostoevsky (D) Signup and view all the answers

What did French philosopher Henri Bergson explain regarding the process of memory?

Memory is continuous and linked vibrations in uninterrupted continuity (B) Signup and view all the answers

Who among the following is considered to have influenced postmodernist writers through the new novel (le nouveau-roman)?

Alain Robbe-Grillet (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the nature of the narrators and characters in modernist literature?

Pessimists (D) Signup and view all the answers

How does the text define modernism with respect to narrative perspective?

A shift towards subjective narration and changing perspective (A) Signup and view all the answers

Who discussed the modern interest in epistemological issues in relation to the postmodern trend?

Brian McHale (C) Signup and view all the answers

Which novel is mentioned as the start of the postmodern trend?

Murphy by Samuel Beckett (1938) (D) Signup and view all the answers

Who influenced postmodernist writers through the new novel (le nouveau-roman)?

Alain Robbe-Grillet (D) Signup and view all the answers

Who mentioned the psychological presuppositions of postmodernism and the problem of schizophrenia?

David Harvey (B) Signup and view all the answers

Which theorist called the illusion of reality 'a real without origin or reality: a hyperreal'?

Jean Baudrillard (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary change in perspective from realism in modernist literature mentioned in the text?

Focus on ontological issues (C) Signup and view all the answers

According to David Harvey, what is the most startling fact about postmodernism?

'Its total acceptance of ephemerality, fragmentation, discontinuity, and the chaotic' (C) Signup and view all the answers

What did Ihab Hassan call postmodern?

'The postmodern turn' (A) Signup and view all the answers

What influenced modernist writers through past and contemporary philosophy and structuralist linguistics?

Structuralist linguistics (D) Signup and view all the answers

Flashcards

Modernism

A philosophical movement and trend in art and literature that emphasizes subjective experience and rejects objective truth.

Henri Bergson

A French Philosopher that explained the process of memory and its relation to consciousness, stating that memory is continuous and linked vibrations in uninterrupted continuity.

Modernist Narrators

They are often presented as pessimists in modernist literature.

Stream of Consciousness

A narrative mode or method that attempts to depict the multitude of thoughts and feelings which pass through the mind.