MA English Literature Postmodernism — practice questions

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Postmodernism in literature is typically distinguished from High Modernism by:Read the answer and worked solution →Postmodernism began roughly when?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Postmodernism in literature is typically distinguished from High Modernism by:

Religious orthodoxy
Playful self-reference and unstable narrative authority
Neo-classical decorum
Strict allegorical structure

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Correct answer: B. Playful self-reference and unstable narrative authority

1. Postmodernism extends Modernist fragmentation into self-aware textual play. 2. It tends to dissolve the totalising ambition of High Modernism. 3. The Modern + Postmodern bucket presupposes this critical distinction. _Source: Coverage brief — Modernist canon — "Modern + Postmodern (literary period)"_

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Postmodernism began roughly when?

After Reform Act 1832
After WWII (post-1945)
After Restoration
After WWI

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Correct answer: B. After WWII (post-1945)

1. Postmodernism is conventionally dated post-1945. 2. It extends Modernist fragmentation into self-aware play. 3. It is named last in the brief's history bucket. _Source: Coverage brief — BA English Literature syllabus areas — "Postmodernism: c.1945-"_