Existing in harmony : the postmodernism-religion reconciliation

• Main Author: Zaidah Rahmat
• Other Authors: Angela Anne Frattarola
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Literature::English
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/15212
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Lyotard defines the postmodern as “incredulity towards metanarratives.” Indeed, the rise of existential and postmodern ideas has meant the relinquishing of religious ideals in society and in Literature. However, even with postmodernism’s strong sense of disapproval of religious doctrines, it is pecu...