ABSTRACT
Postmodernism emerged in the 1970s and developed during the 1980s as a terminology that reflected changes in culture and society during the post-war period but mostly used in relation to the 1960s and beyond, with a remarkable convergence between the emerging theory and the practice that it sought to theorize. In contrast to postmodernism, the concept of the canon, the body of great works that exemplify the traditions of Western culture, has a much longer history and, more significantly, relates to a much longer historical span than the brief moment of postmodernism as both theory and practice. There are also significant differences between the two concepts beyond that of a historical lifespan.
