postmodernism
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- postmodernist noun
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The author of 20 books including “Giles Goat-Boy” and “The Sot-Weed Factor,” Barth was a college writing instructor who advocated for postmodernism to literature, saying old forms were used up and new approaches were needed.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2024
At REDCAT, where the Wooster Group returned Wednesday for a five-day run of “The Mother,” techno postmodernism finds its political heart.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2023
As a bit of postmodernism injected into a fantasy novel, it's thought-provoking.
From Salon • Oct. 2, 2022
The hangover that I have from all of the postmodernism of my previous work and the past 50 years of culture is the irony as a shield.
From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2022
What is the driving force behind relativism and postmodernism?
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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