Post Modernism vs Modernism

I believe in the post modern theory because of it's rejection of grand narratives, which are big stories such as religion. I don't personally believe in religion, and reject the idea of there being a god, whereas in modernism they accept all ideas from religion, as well as psychoanalysis which was developed by Fraud, which is the idea that boys will fall in love with their mothers and girls will fall in love with their fathers - more commonly known as the Oedipus complex, and this is rejected within post modernism.

Also, within modernism is the western man is superior, however I believe that we live in an extremely multi-cultural society, where people are seen as equals,

I also believe in the post modern theory because I agree with the idea of pastiche. Pastiche is the idea of something being imitated, suggesting that it is a copy from an original text, usually it includes light or tongue in cheek humour, however this is done with great respect to the original. This uses the idea of parody through popular subjects and is used throughout popular culture and especially modern music, as well as television programmes and films, building on past ideas in an attempt to bring in new audiences. Pastiche can also go as far as the imitation of a directors use of cinematography, lighting and mise en scene and is based on the work of other writers in an attempt to pay homage to them. Pastiche is intertextuality as a recreated text, while the original text (the hypertext) has been imitated, everything has been imitated as all original ideas have been taken, or used in the past, meaning that new texts may reflect a local narrative and although the hypertext may be dated, the new pastiche text creates new ideas and entertainment for us, for this reason I believe we benefit from pastiche in its sense of post modernism.

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