Postmodernism
The greatest postmodern writers were the Marquis de Sade and Miguel de Cervantes. Jan Potocki was also a genius. When one considers these and many other authors (even Shakespeare has a postmodern side, but I hate to reduce him by trying to contain him within this category), it becomes clear that postmodernism preceded modernism. I'm speaking a little tongue-in-cheek, but my real point is that there is no clear or unambiguous division between modernism and postmodernism. The idea that we are living in a "postmodern age" that is characterized by the "postmodern condition" is simply nonsense. Actually, it is not even nonsense - that would be a bit of compliment. It is simply false. Art textbooks nowadays will say something like postmodernism began in the 60s or the 50s or the 40s - some time in the mid-twentieth century. Well, if we look at "postmodern culture" before and after these dates, what we discover is that... nothing changed. There is n