1. Rushdie's short story, as you have probably noticed, is written in a style that departs from that of the typical short story of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. We may therefore safely classify it as "Postmodern." A Postmodernist work is characterized by the following features:
1. a skepticism toward models of truth, value, and history; 2. an irreverence toward artistic tradition which often results in mixing the ancient with the modern, the high with the low; 3. an emphasis on contemporary political and technological world processes.
Sometimes Postmodernism is almost paranoid about the hidden operations of the economic and governmental forces that control our lives; sometimes it seems playful while it mocks the aesthetic and social boundaries set by tradition. However, its best practitioners display a deep knowledge of literary, social, and political traditions. (See X. J. Kennedy et al., Handbook of Literary Terms [Toronto: Pearson Education, 2005], p. 118.)
In what respects is Rushdie's short story "Postmodern"?
2. Armstrong's poem "The History Lesson," as you have probably noticed, is written in a style that departs from that of the typical lyric poem of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. We may therefore safely classify it as "Postmodern." A Postmodernist work is characterized by the following features:
1. a skepticism toward models of truth, value, and history; 2. an irreverence toward artistic tradition which often results in mixing the ancient with the modern, the high with the low; 3. an emphasis on contemporary political and technological world processes.
Sometimes Postmodernism is almost paranoid about the hidden operations of the economic and governmental forces that control our lives; sometimes it seems playful while it mocks the aesthetic and social boundaries set by tradition. However, its best practitioners display a deep knowledge of literary, social, and political traditions. (See X. J. Kennedy et al., Handbook of Literary Terms [Toronto: Pearson Education, 2005], p. 118.)
In what respects is Armstrong's poem "Postmodern"?
3. Robert Hull's poem "Columbus," as you have probably noticed, is written in a style that departs from that of the typical lyric poem of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. We may therefore safely classify it as "Postmodern." A Postmodernist work is characterized by the following features:
1. a skepticism toward models of truth, value, and history; 2. an irreverence toward artistic tradition which often results in mixing the ancient with the modern, the high with the low; 3. an emphasis on contemporary political and technological world processes.
Sometimes Postmodernism is almost paranoid about the hidden operations of the economic and governmental forces that control our lives; sometimes it seems playful while it mocks the aesthetic and social boundaries set by tradition. However, its best practitioners display a deep knowledge of literary, social, and political traditions. (See X. J. Kennedy et al., Handbook of Literary Terms [Toronto: Pearson Education, 2005], p. 118.)
In what respects is Robert Hull's poem "Postmodern"?
4. Robert Hull's poem "Columbus" has as its focus the economic exploitation and suppression of aboriginal peoples by a great European colonial power, Spain. Accordingly, we may classify it as "Postcolonial." A Postcolonial work is characterized by the following features:
1. criticism of the economic exploitation and cultural suppression of native peoples; 2. exposure of the corruption of the administrators (teachers, police, lawyers, and civil servants) imposed by colonial powers upon native peoples; 3. consideration of allied issues such as miscegenation and ethnocentrism. (See X. J. Kennedy et al., Handbook of Literary Terms [Toronto: Pearson Education, 2005], p. 117.)
In what respects is Robert Hull's poem "Postcolonial"?
5. Jeanette Armstrong's poem "The History Lesson" has as its focus the economic exploitation and suppression of aboriginal peoples by European colonial powers, particularly Spain and Great Britain. Accordingly, we may classify it as "Postcolonial." A Postcolonial work is characterized by the following features:
1. criticism of the economic exploitation and cultural suppression of native peoples; 2. exposure of the corruption of the administrators (teachers, police, lawyers, and civil servants) imposed by colonial powers upon native peoples; 3. consideration of allied issues such as miscegenation and ethnocentrism. (See X. J. Kennedy et al., Handbook of Literary Terms [Toronto: Pearson Education, 2005], p. 117.)
In what respects is Armstrong's poem "Postcolonial"?
6. Salman Rushdie's "Columbus and Isabella. . ." has as its focus the economic exploitation and suppression of aboriginal peoples by a great European colonial power, Spain. Accordingly, we may classify it as "Postcolonial." A Postcolonial work is characterized by the following features:
1. criticism of the economic exploitation and cultural suppression of native peoples; 2. exposure of the corruption of the administrators (teachers, police, lawyers, and civil servants) imposed by colonial powers upon native peoples; 3. consideration of allied issues such as miscegenation and ethnocentrism. (See X. J. Kennedy et al., Handbook of Literary Terms [Toronto: Pearson Education, 2005], p. 117.)
In what respects is Salman Rushdie's short story "Postcolonial"?
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