Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to undertake a diachronic analysis of the emerging notion of “metamodernism”. Beginning with comprehensive definitions of modernism and postmodernism, it then navigates through the historical trajectory of metamodernism, tracing its etymology and pre-2010 conceptualizations. Post 2010, the voices of Alexandra Dumitrescu, Thimotheus Vermeulen, Robin van den Akker, David James and Urmila Seshagiri advance the discussion, offering divergent perspectives on outlining this new “-ism”. Moving on from the Occident, this research questions the applicability of metamodernism within the Romanian post- communist cultural sphere. Having its roots in Western, capitalist societies, where it is yet to be a fully established and assimilated theory, metamodernism's suitability to diverse socio- cultural climates remains a point of contention.
Source: Caietele Echinox
Author: Arina-Mihaela Bărboiu
Institution: University of Bucharest
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4405407845