High Modernism: A form of modernity that believes confidently in scientific technology as means to reorder the social and natural world. High modernity was particularly present during the late 1950s and 1960s.
Capitalist: A person who uses their wealth to invest in trade and industry for profit in accordance with the principles of capitalism
Superabundance: An adjective that describes a much larger quantity than is needed; too much.
Disconnected: A connection that has been broken.
Pop: Modern popular culture transmitted via the mass media and aimed particularly at younger people.
Fragmentary: Consisting of small disconnected or incomplete parts.
Eclectic Nostalgia: Deriving ideas from a broad and diverse range of sources of sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period of the past.
Simulacra: A slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or semblance.
Superficiality: Lack of thoroughness, depth of character, or serious thought. Concerned with or comprehending only what is on the surface or obvious.
Flippant: Not showing a serious or respective attitude.
Depthless: Shallow, without depth.
Fabulation: To tell invented stories; created fables. Popularized by Robert Scholes, in his work The Fabulators, to describe the large and growing class of mostly 20th-century novels that are in the style similar to magical realism, and do not fit into the traditional categories or realism.
Pastiche: An artistic work in a style that imitates that of another work, artist, or period.
Bricolage: Construction or creation from a diverse range of available things in art and literature.
Aleatory: Of or relating to accidental causes; of luck or chance; unpredictable.
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