CHAPTER 1 The concept of ‘Postmodernism’- A Theoretical Approach It is a cliché by now to say that we live in a postmodern world‚ and it is true that the word ’postmodern’ has become one of the most used‚ and abused‚ words in the language. Still‚ it is striking that not many people can say with assurance what this term actually means and involves. Some theorists suggest that ‘postmodernism’ refers to a mood or an attitude of mind‚ others define it as a literary‚ cultural
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Postmodern literature The term Postmodern literature is used to describe certain tendencies in post-World War II literature. It is both a continuation of the experimentation championed by writers of the modernist period (relying heavily‚ for example‚ on fragmentation‚ paradox‚ questionable narrators‚ etc.) and a reaction against Enlightenment ideas implicit in Modernist literature. Postmodern literature‚ like postmodernism as a whole‚ is difficult to define and there is little agreement on the
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can American Psycho be considered a hyperreal piece? This essay serves as an analysis of the question and focuses on Patrick Bateman as the impersonation of simulacra as defined by Baudrillard. American Psycho can inarguably be classified as a postmodern film which will be proven below. But is Bateman and his mundane‚ image-ridden world (quote) an example of simulation and more
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through art and literature? In this essay‚ I will explore Luhrmann’s postmodern film Moulin Rouge in relation to the theories presented in Jameson’s “Postmodernism and Consumer Society‚” and to postmodernism itself. Through critical analysis of textual details‚ I will illustrate how various elements in the film complement and at times refute both the text and postmodernism as a whole. These elements include: pastiche‚ parody‚ citationality‚ double coding‚ irony‚ nostalgia mode‚ the role of multinational
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these economic conditions bear on cultural and artistic production. According to Jameson‚ cultural production in late-capitalism is identif iable through a use of pastiche or copying. Jameson describes this as random cannibalization (17-18). In postmodern art‚ history is self-consciously reappropriated and re-fashioned into new forms. Postmodern art‚ Jameson argues‚ was a logical outcome of late-capitalism‚ which in its late stage has allowed society to abolish the distinction between high culture and
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useful to adopt the major characteristics of postmodernism into the postmodern movies. In postmodern films‚ we usually do see bricolages. Those bricolages are inspired mostly from the past. It is possible to say that the postmodern films have a mission of recycling the past. Moreover‚ since the high and low culture got stuck in the modern times‚ it is not possible to come across a separated culture in postmodern films. Postmodern films bring them together and melt them in a pot. They do not have
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Intertextuality in postmodern literature can be a reference or parallel to another literary work‚ an extended discussion of a work‚ or the adoption of a style. Intertextual figures include: allusion‚ quotation‚ calque‚ plagiarism‚ translation‚ pastiche and parody Pastiche Related to postmodern intertextuality‚ pastiche means to combine‚ or "paste" together‚ multiple elements. It can be seen as a representation of the chaotic‚ pluralistic‚ or information-drenched aspects of postmodern society. It can
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Metanarratives Ritgerð til B.A.-prófs Björn Erlingur Flóki Björnsson bjornfloki@gmail.com Kt. 110982-5779 Maí 2006 Abstract This essay offers a postmodernist reading of the popular television program The Simpsons‚ with special regard to the postmodern theories of intertexuality‚ hyperreality‚ and metanarratives. Before delving into The Simpsons‚ some major theoretical aspects of postmodernism in aesthetic production are outlined. Three of the most prominent theorists of postmodernism – Lyotard
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THE FRAMES THE FRAMES provide us with different ways of understanding the visual arts. USING THE FRAMES The meaning of the work is understood in relation to the sensory‚ felt or perceived experiences of the artist and the audience (the viewer) WRITING ABOUT ARTWORKS FROM THE SUBJECTIVE FRAME 1. Write about the emotion that the artwork communicates to you 2. Think about the connection between your life‚ feelings and experiences
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Postmodernism in fashion has developed over the past twenty years with designers such as‚ Comme des Garçons‚ Alexander McQueen and Vivienne Westwood demonstrating its key elements. So how is Postmodernism still relevant in fashion today? Postmodernism has been widely used over the past two decades‚ but trying to pinpoint one definitive meaning for the term is very difficult indeed. Taken literally Postmodernism means “after the modernist movement”‚ but there is more to Postmodernism than that
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