ANNAPOLIS, Md. — John Barth, the playfully erudite author whose darkly comic and complicated novels revolved around the art of literature and launched countless debates over the art of fiction, died ...

The philosophy of postmodernism in literature emerged in the 20th century. Perhaps the earliest proponent of the postmodern literary technique was Laurence Sterne, an Anglo-Irish novelist. His novel, ...

Fredric Jameson, professor of romance studies, Knut Schmidt Nielsen distinguished professor of comparative literature and director of the Institute for Critical Theory, is remembered for his ...

One of the key proponents of Postmodernism—the irreverent movement that emerged around 1970, shattering established notions about art and design—was Charles Jencks, the late architectural historian ...

Architectural modernism: Le Corbusier -- Literary modernism -- Modernism versus popular literature -- The Frankfurt school versus Walter Benjamin -- Flowering of an orthodoxy -- Myths of origin: 1970s ...

One of the most interesting aspects of postmodernism is that it is extremely difficult to be described. The attitudes or attributes associated with the term postmodernism are so variant and myriad ...

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