Question

Match each characteristic to the correct literary movement.

Answer 1

Modernism is an artistic movement that took place from the nineteenth century and whose goal was the renewal in creation; using the new resources of poetic art, and leaving the old tendencies aside, for not considering them efficient.
Postmodernism is a cultural trend that emerged at the end of the 20th century, associated with the cult of individuality, the absence of interest in the common welfare and the rejection of rationalism. The postmodern movement maintains that modernity failed to pretend to renew the forms of thought and expression. That is why it is very common to associate postmodern thought with disenchantment and apathy.

The answers are

1. postmodernism 

2. postmodernism 

3. Modernism 

4. Postmodernism                 

5. Modernism  

6. Modernism

Answer 2

1) Blending of literary genres, blurring of the lines between fact and faction, exploration of "high culture" and "low culture". [Postmodernism]

2) Cynical and pessimistic outlook. [Postmodernism]

3) Art as exclusive, elevated, and set apart. [Modernism]

4) Fragmentation of the self. [Postmodernism]

5) Emphasis on a psychological construction of meaning. [Modernism]

6) Rejection of seriousness. [Modernism]

Modernism was the strong reaction against the thoughts based on the religious, political and societal views. It is a vibrant and intentional reaction against tradition and religion. It aligned mostly with the experiences and the norms of modern values.

Postmodernism was born as a reaction against the modernist themes. They don't believe that there is no absolute truth. Truth and error both occur simultaneously and they are synonymous. They considered morality to be a totally personal way of looking at it. They criticize modernism about the false promises of science, technologies, religion, and government.