Which individual is the major figure of deconstructionism, which breaks down language and structures of thought, arguing that language is inherently unstable and even meaningless apart from internal self-reference?

Which form of literature has essentially reconnected modern culture with the epic and mythological tradition that had been an essential part of the human experience since at least the great epics of antiquity, thus acting as a form of “re-enchantment” for a “disenchanted” modern world after the rise of materialist thought?

What is the postmodern novel by Gabriel García Márquez that begins in utopia and ends in apocalypse?

Which period or movement is best described as involving a reaction against structure, authority, or any external imposition, emphasizing radical freedom, self-expression and experimentation, along with universal equality partly informed by conceptions of Eastern philosophy and pantheism?

Which is true regarding early film/cinema?

Correctly match the following terms with their proper definition or description. All options in full (alphabetical order): American movement of art and literature that began in the fifties and anticipated the sixties counterculture, seeking authenticity and illumination through nonconformity, drug use, sexual liberation, and disciplines of Zen Buddhism. Art movement that incorporated elements of mass-produced culture and consumerism into its works, as seen in the art of Roy Lichtenstein. Art movement that was nonrepresentational in form and sought to convey the inner emotional life, or even the subconscious, of the artist, often expressing itself in action painting. Connected with the ubiquity of advertisements, materialism, and the belief that our true good lies in the acquisition of ever more material goods. Great diversity of cultures, values, and perspectives living within the same society; has affinities with Western subjectivism, individualism, and self-autonomy. Islamic reform movement seeking to thoroughly conform to early Islamic practices, which in some forms is fiercely against non-Muslim ideas and practices. Opposition arising from deep divergences in worldview, made sharper through identity politics. Philosophy associated, broadly speaking, with skepticism, subjectivism, relativism in meaning and morality, suspicion toward all truth claims, and a belief that reality and identity are formless and fluid. Philosophy that emphasizes human freedom and therefore one’s responsibility to make decisions about the direction of one’s life amidst limited knowledge and great uncertainty. Process by which world-wide human experience is becoming more standardized through the broad diffusion of products and ideas.

Which category of fiction—including the antinovel and magic realism—abandons conventional formal structure and unsettles readers’ expectations of coherence and leaves a sense of the uncertainty of experience?

Fragmentation, plurality, skepticism, rejection of metaphysics, belief in the instability of identity and reality, and a predisposition toward suspicion are general characteristics or patterns of which form of thought?

Which is true regarding the world of film?

Central to Jean-Paul Sartre’s philosophy was