Postmodernism

Postmodernism is a very difficult philosophy to understand and an even harder one to define. In general it can be stated that it is a movement away from modernism. The reason postmodernism is so difficult to define is that in defining it you are going against the basic premise of postmodernism, which includes the idea that no terms, boundaries, or absolute truths exist. In the world of postmodernism nothing is known: instead, it is all left in question. Both works that are analyzed in this website can be viewed under the postmodern scope, and many different conclusion can be drawn. For example, Baudrillard's idea of simulacrum could be used to say that both characters were living in constructed realities, and that they were not actually doing the things that they were doing. On the other hand, another philosopher Hutcheon might say that you can not actually believe the story because it is only the narrator's interpretation of the events that occur, and there is no real truth in that. This website does not focus on those aspects of the postmodern belief though. It instead puts into question the way that responsibility is interpreted by the postmodernist and how that applies to the works that are being analyzed.