Monday, 23 January 2012

PoMo Checklist

It's all just words....but they are useful for the exam!

Postmodernism checklist - not definitive -- well, it wouldn't be would it? - no real truth and all that...


Fragmented structure/non-linear narrative

Challenging of meta-narrative (Lyotard)

Playing with time and space (Strinati)

Self-reflexivity

Emphasis of style over substance and context (Strinati)

Challenging cultural imperialism and mass production

Conventions of genre challenged/subverted

Breakdown of distinctions between high art and pop culture (Strinati)

Asks questions not giving answers, allowing audience interpretation

Juxtaposing old and new to make new meaning (bricolage)

Intertextuality

Multiplicity of meanings linked to audience interpretations

Post WW2-war being a catalyst for postmodernism

Parody and pastiche – creating something new through imitation, homage (tribute)

Web 2.0 and new technologies allowing people to become producers/celebrities outside traditional/mainstream methods

Instantaneity – accessibility now

Culture is no longer viewed as art mirroring life but a reality in itself (Strinati)

Experimentation with new forms – not necessarily the ‘glossy’ Hollywood approach

Meaning and purpose holds more significance than the skill involved in making it

Photoshop movement changing how we see reality

Cult of celebrity – celebrity obsessed society – style over substance

Truth is created and doesn’t exist in any objective sense

Text goes beyond what it is and comments on society

No single definition – open to interpretation – concept crosses art, media, literature, architecture, music, society

States of hyper reality (Baudrillard and simulacra)

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