Studies in Postmodernism
Prerequisites: UCWR 110 and any 200-level English course.
Postmodernism, as an aesthetic response to postmodernity, is an interdisciplinary concept, originating in architecture and encompassing literature, art in various media, digital media, and literary and cultural theory. Focusing primarily on Western literature and theory after WWII, this course investigates postmodernism as a literary period, an aesthetic style, an historical moment, and a cultural problematic.
Outcomes: Students will learn how the term "postmodernism" functions as a literary period, an aesthetic style, an historical moment, a cultural problematic, as well as a theoretical imperative.
Postmodernism, as an aesthetic response to postmodernity, is an interdisciplinary concept, originating in architecture and encompassing literature, art in various media, digital media, and literary and cultural theory. Focusing primarily on Western literature and theory after WWII, this course investigates postmodernism as a literary period, an aesthetic style, an historical moment, and a cultural problematic.
Outcomes: Students will learn how the term "postmodernism" functions as a literary period, an aesthetic style, an historical moment, a cultural problematic, as well as a theoretical imperative.