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  What is Postmodernism? The term postmodernism, was first used in around 1970. As an art movement postmodernism to some extent defies definition – as there is no one postmodern style or theory on which it is hinged. It embraces many different approaches to art making; and a host of art groups and movements from the 1960s onwards can be described as postmodernist. It is therefore perhaps easiest to define postmodernism by looking at its main characteristics. Anti-authoritarian by nature, it refuses to recognise the authority of any single style or definition of what art should be. It collapses the distinction between high culture and mass or popular culture and it tends to get rid of the boundary between art and everyday life. Resultantly, postmodern art can be characterised by its self-conscious use of earlier styles and conventions, and an eclectic mixing of different artistic and popular styles and media. Here, I will give you some char...

GOTHIC Gothic can be defined as writing that employs dark and picturesque scenery, startling and melodramatic narrative devices, and an overall atmosphere of exoticism, mystery, and dread.Gothic novel or story will revolve around a large, ancient house that conceals a terrible secret or that serves as the refuge of ​an especially frightening and threatening character. Despite the fairly common use of this bleak motif, Gothic writers have also used supernatural elements, touches of romance, well-known historical characters, and travel and adventure narratives in order to entertain their readers. VICTOR FRAKENSTEIN http://lk21.tv/victor-frankenstein-2015/ Victor Frankenstein is a 2015 American science fiction fantasy horror film based on contemporary adaptations of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein. It is directed by Paul McGuigan and written by Max Landis. Starring James McAvoy as the title character and Daniel Radcliffe as Igor, the fi...

Analysis ‘The Raven’ by Edgar Allan Poe as an anti-transcendentalism Accordingly, Edgar Allan Poe considered by many critics as one famous Anti-Transcendentalist for his prevalence of human depravity through all his works (RTA). However, the works of him are noticeably coherent with his personal aesthetic beliefs and judgments. The thematic tales of Poe are commonly connected with fear and terror where they present the elemental aspects and emergence of ‘American Gothicism’. “The Raven” is opening with an exhaled of ‘Ah’ and agitated emotions of the narrator on a cruel day of December, with the bitter coldness, and lifeless isolated house, where the atmosphere is so dark death-like and so horrifying. Poe starts: Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; – vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow – sorrow for the lo...

Romanticism was a movement in art, an artistic, literary, musical and intellectual that originated in Europe  during 19th century and in most areas was at its peak in the approximate period   from 1800 to 1850.  Romanticism was characterized by its emphasis on emotion and individualism as well as glorification  of all the past and nature, preferring the medieval rather than the classical. It was partly a reaction to the     Industrial Revolution ,the aristocratic social and political norms of the   Age of Enlightenment , and the scientific rationalization   of nature. With its emphasis on the imagination and emotion, Romanticism emerged as a response  to the disillusionment with the Enlightenment values of reason and order in the aftermath of the French Revolution  of 1789. Romanticsm has characteristics : 1.   Imagination   Generally, imagination is the power or process mental images and ideas, beside th...