History · Historical Method and Historiography
UGC NET June 2024 History (Re-Exam Shift-II)
Which of the following is emphasized by postmodernism? Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
- 1. Multidimensionality
- 2. Fragmentation
- 3. Continuity/discontinuity
- 4. Intercontinuity
- 5. Ephemeralism
A1, 2, 3 and 4 only
B2, 3, 4 and 5 only
C1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 ✓ Correct
D2, 3 and 4 only
Correct answer: (C) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 — All five features are emphasized by postmodernism.
Explanation
★All five features are emphasized by postmodernism.
★Postmodernism was a cultural movement in the arts and philosophy in the later twentieth century.
★It challenged the modernism that preceded it.
★It emphasized multidimensionality, fragmentation and discontinuity.
★It also stressed intercontinuity or interpenetrability and ephemerality.
★Jean-Francois Lyotard is regarded as a founder of postmodernism.
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