1) Blending of literary genres, blurring of the lines between fact and faction, exploration of "high culture" and "low culture". [Postmodernism]
2) Cynical and pessimistic outlook. [Postmodernism]
3) Art as exclusive, elevated, and set apart. [Modernism]
4) Fragmentation of the self. [Postmodernism]
5) Emphasis on a psychological construction of meaning. [Modernism]
6) Rejection of seriousness. [Modernism]
Modernism was the strong reaction against the thoughts based on the religious, political and societal views. It is a vibrant and intentional reaction against tradition and religion. It aligned mostly with the experiences and the norms of modern values. Postmodernism was born as a reaction against the modernist themes. They don't believe that there is no absolute truth. Truth and error both occur simultaneously and they are synonymous. They considered morality to be a totally personal way of looking at it. They criticize modernism about the false promises of science, technologies, religion, and government.
