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GATE 2022 XH2 (English) – Question 42

Critical Theories and Intellectual Traditions · Theoretical Paradigms: Structuralism, Marxism, feminism, existentialism, poststructuralism, modernism, postmodernism, new historicism, postcolonialism, posthumanism · 1 mark · Multiple select

Which of the following is/are correct about postmodernist critics?

  1. They foreground fiction and exemplify ‘disappearance of the real’.
  2. They foreground irony.
  3. They tend towards reflexivity.
  4. They challenge the distinction between high and low cultures.

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Correct answer: (A) They foreground fiction and exemplify ‘disappearance of the real’.; (B) They foreground irony.; (C) They tend towards reflexivity.; (D) They challenge the distinction between high and low cultures.

Explanation

Postmodern theory stresses fiction and the loss of the real (Baudrillard), irony, self-reflexivity, and the blurring of high and low culture.