Relevance of
Postmodernism
Enduring Love’s inherent debate over the change of the approach to science in
aftermath of the demise of the pro-Enlightenment modernity will be identified.
The main protagonist’s tendency to suppose an “objective” truth, his relentless
endeavouring of rationalizing the reality and providing a unified account of
it, will be described, along with the related postmodernist interest in
deconstructing notions of truth and rationality
Postmodernism’s distrust of the modernity’s
project of rationality becomes the recurring motif of Enduring Love.
The disunity of Rose’s train of thought
throughout the text initiates the character’s ethical confusion. That is to
say, with the coming of postmodernity, the former idea of morality is altered. Rose’s
mind is used to the comforts of the “totalities” of modernism, in which the
supposition of objectivity freed individuals of ethical responsibility.
However, he is not released from the feeling of guilt he experiences with mere
scientific explanation.
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