[New-Poetry] modernism/postmodernism

[jforjames at aol.com]

>From that academic link Jeff posted, this is?one of the primary tenets of postmodernism:
7. A rejection of the distinction between "high" and "low" or popular culture, both in choice of materials used to produce art and in methods of displaying, distributing, and consuming art.

And yet, in 99% cases, the postmodern artist is using pop-culture, folk art, etc., in a comic or wry?way. Not taking it seriously. Using it as a?foil. Playing with a?low genre for higher purposes. 
Finnegan


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From: Jeff Newberry jeff.newberry at gmail.com


Here's a web source I've used in the American literature survey I'm teaching this term:? http://www.colorado.edu/English/courses/ENGL2012Klages/pomo.html





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