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postmodernism

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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post·mod·ern·is·m /ˌpəʊstˈmɒdən-ɪzəm $ ˌpoʊstˈmɑːdərn-/ noun [uncountable]  ARPa style of building, painting, writing etc, developed in the late 20th century, that uses a mixture of old and new styles as a reaction against modernism 后现代主义〔发展于20世纪晚期的建筑、绘画、写作等风格,融合新旧风格,是对现代主义的反动〕postmodernist adjectiven postmodernist fictionpostmodernist noun [countable]
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postmodernismPostmodernism I believe that Bourdieu's conceptual framework opens up the social-scientific study of postmodernism in several ways.The now voluminous literature on modernism and postmodernism has been dominated by philosophers and modern language theorists and historians of architecture.In terms of narratology, the author is almost a pioneer of postmodernism in his use of cyclical narrative.As Stuart Marshall observed pointedly, postmodernism authorizes but has yet to create a new populism.Thus, the relationship of critical theory to postmodernism and poststructuralism is indeed a far more complex matter than is commonly assumed.It is at this point that Todorov's' classicism, is projected towards postmodernism.
post·mod·ern·is·m nounLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
building, style writing a of Corpus painting, etc,


postmodernism
postmodernism /ˌpəʊstˈmɒdən-ɪzəm $ ˌpoʊstˈmɑːdərn-/ noun [uncountable]
a style of building, painting, writing etc, developed in the late 20th century, that uses a mixture of old and new styles as a reaction against modernism
—postmodernist adjective:
    postmodernist fiction
—postmodernist noun [countable]


post·mod·ern·ismBrE /ˌpəʊstˈmɒdənɪzəm/ 🔊NAmE /ˌpoʊstˈmɑːdərnɪzəm/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a style and movement in art, architecture, literature, etc. in the late 20th century that reacts against modern styles, for example by mixing features from traditional and modern styles 后现代主义(20 世纪后期在艺术、建筑、文学等方面对抗现代风格,如融合传统与现代风格)   compare modernism (2) post·mod·ern·ist BrE /ˌpəʊstˈmɒdənɪst/ 🔊NAmE /ˌpoʊstˈmɑːdərnɪst/ 🔊 noun, adjective [usually before noun]


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