Post modern architecture as I understand it has to do with aesthetics. Which is fine as far as that goes, architecture should be aesthetically pleasing. It then goes on to attempt to incorporate the ideas of post-modernist philosophy by slavishly following the idea that architecture, like life, is conceptual. Form over function. Form for form's sake.
Post modern literature....Have you read anything by TC Boyle? His fiction, especially his short stories, are really good examples of post-modern literature. Or seen the movie The Chumscrubber? Kind of a cool little art house flick. That's some good post modernism right there. Any message conveyed is purely coincidental.
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