To be successful in the exam, you need to think about what is historical (not within the past 5 years), what’s present and what the future holds for postmodernism.
What does postmodernism do...
- Generates interesting debate
- Interesting case studies
Post (after) modernism. A development of modernism? the result? the rejection of?
Eras are defined by changes in art, theory and economic history.
Postmodern Texts
- Black mirror (TV drama)
- The Simpsons
- Modern Family
- Black Swan
- Lady Gaga- Telephone + Marry The Night
- Jessie J- Price Tag
- The Truman Show (historical)
- Madonna
- Gorrliaz
What is Postmodernism?
-An attitude towards truth claims
-Jean Francois Lyotoird -Incrudaroty towards all Metanarratives ‘big story’ (suspicious of big stories)
-Interpretation
-Illegitimate child of modernism
-During the rise of modern science
-Modern though became old fashioned during postmodern age
-Intertextual references (postmodernism supports that there are no more original ideas)
FRACTURING OF THE METANARRATIVE
Style over substance- Truman Show set- aesthetics more important than narrative
Question what is real and what isn't
Terminology:
-Faux TV
-Pastiche
-Hyperreal
-Parody
-Cyberspace
-Metanarrative
-Surrealism
-Bricolage
-Intertextuality
-Simulacra
-Faction
-Kitsch
-Spectacle
-Dystopia
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