Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Postmodernism
ok, so postmodernism has been the central thought for this whole semester with all the books and articles we have read. In my humble opinion I kinda think postmodernism is a selfish way to justify your actions. But I won't get into that. In Cat's Cradle we see that people are unhappy with the present day world. Technology has taken over and is causing more problems than solving. We also see that in 1984, seeing that Winston is not happy with what he is seeing with a controlling government that uses technology to inflict justice. And in Brave New World, we see that productiveness is not always the best. Sometimes it causes the product to lose its quality and uniqueness. The people in the novel were a dime a dozen. No one was really that special and when they met the native they saw someone that was different than all of them and then they were just creepy people watching this unique person...weird. And in Maus, we see that the author was trying to go against the norm and tell a TRUE story about the Holocaust through a comic book. He believed that you wold get a different look into the Holocaust. And he succeeded. Its different from novel because there are pictures, words, and many other things. So postmodernism is looking at the world and being unhappy with it and wanting to do something different. I think thats what its about, doing something different. All those crazy people we learned in the Postmodernism book, were just people doing something totally different for their time. Its also seeing the aftermath of modernism and seeing that it was not the best. that many things and people were lost because of modernism. Technology failed its people and the people need to control the power of it. In that video earlier in the year we saw many stats about the affect technology has on the people. I thought it was pretty crazy. Seeing that a social network on the internet could be the largest country in the world. And Americans are not the #1 country speaking english. It just makes you think. Postmodernism seeks to make the person think about the present world and do something about it.
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Hey there Connie, it's a pretty nice blog post you've got here. Well, I'm commenting here today because I can't remember if these comments are due tomorrow, or Monday, or what...Confusion. Oh well. So yeah, what I got from this is that Postmodernism to you is difference, or non-conformity, or something of the like. Is that right? It makes sense, with the different characters in those not-so-different worlds. I agree, the whole Postmodernism thing sure makes you think a lot, about all kinds of ideas and whatnot. It gets kinda confusing sometimes...At least for me. Well, that's pretty much all I really have to say for now, so I'll be off to comment on the others' blogs. Bye Connie!
ReplyDeleteGood job Connie. :) it was interesting and I liked your thoughts on the whole summation of postmodernism. I think you made a clear point of stating your thoughts on this whole concept. I liked the beginning statement the most though... How postmodernism was an excuse for being unhappy and j felt you should have analyzed more on that route cause I would have loved to read about your perspective on that. Well all in all I think you did good on describing postmodernism and linking your conceptions with the novels we read so it made learning this postmodern concept actually beneficial.
ReplyDeleteNice post Connie! I really never thought of it that way, but I like how you are looking at Postmodernism as rather a political movement--- doing something different in a time that you do not agree with. In the end, I agree with you, that Postmodernism is just a way to justify going against something. And, while diversity is awesome and being different is great, it seems to make other people lash out at others, especially those who fit in with something "popular."
ReplyDeleteAwesome job Connie. I think you can see both sides of Postmodernism.