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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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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Postmodernism in English literature. 1. Postmodernism in the English literature of the last decades of the 20th century. 2. John Fowles’s novels as an example of postmodern writing. In the 1960s the cultural layers changed and grew confused; the emergence of the mass media and the technological revolution changed the nature of culture and publishing. Here started the era of postmodernism‚ manifesting the philosophical‚ cultural‚ and political instability of the contemporary world‚ and the difficulty
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explores a narrative through a combination of high art and kitsch. Anderson tells the story of a scout who flees his camp in order to pursue a love interest with a consistent use of many aesthetic post-modern features‚ such as nostalgia‚ parody‚ eclecticism‚ pastiche and hyperconsciousness in order to give further depth to the initial story. Anderson constructs a strong nostalgia through attention to detail in the form of props such as books and record players with an affectionate look at the different
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How Language treats gender In Nights at the circus Gender is socially constructed and this theory is backed up in Nights at the Circus as gender role stereotypes are reinforced here. The main character Fevvers is objectified and portrayed as this creature with wings and magical powers‚ who is also described as large and having a ‘face‚ broad and oval as a meat dish’‚ which would typically be more suited and to a degree even complimentary to that of masculine traits. This both reinforces and challenges
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History Essay‚ Postmodernism “Many Postmodern artists sought to deconstruct truths‚ and dominate ideas and cultural forms. Discuss with reference to at least two artists/designers and specifically the techniques they used to achieve these outcomes.” Synopsis This academic essay explores postmodern artists who form new perspective and controversy through the expression of their art. Research of various artists including Alessandro Mendini‚ Andy Warhol‚ David Ligare and Jenny Holzer were examined
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Semiotext(e)‚ 1983 Semiotext(e)‚ 1983. Brooks‚ Peter analysis: The Question of Reading Otherwise. Ed. Shoshana Felman. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins‚ 1982 Hutcheon‚ Linda. The Politics of Postmodernism. London: Routledge‚ 1989. Jameson‚ Fredric Essays on Postmodern Culture. Ed. Hal Foster. Port Townsend‚ WA: Bay‚ 1983. 111-25 .-. "Postmodernism‚ or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism." New Left Review 146 (1984): 53-92 All use subject to JSTOR Terms and ConditionsKellner‚ Douglas. "Baudrillard‚ Semiurgy
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through textual analysis of Arrested Development. This essay will consider the postmodernism within the television programme Arrested Development through postmodern theories‚ postmodernist techiniques and textual analysis. Through historical context‚ genre conventions‚ intertextuality and continuity; the essay will investigate the use of pastiche in modern satire. As popular situation comedies fulfil the generic conventions of using multiple cameras‚ linear narratives‚ stand alone catchphrases and
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counterparts elsewhere around the globe that interpret‚ appropriate‚ dissemble‚ and reconstruct Shakespeare’s canonical text. To be sure‚ they have in their own ways recycled and added value to the Bard’s cultural capital in a re-boost of his popularity in postmodern media—either on the niche or the commercial market. Since foreign language films based on Shakespeare are out of the theoretic radar of Shakespeare adaptation‚ fidelity seems beyond concern‚1 and in spite of their relations with the play‚ it is
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openly accepts and embraces as paradoxical. Postmodernity in video games can be seen as a much more ambiguous subject as it is not so much the story we should view as postmodern like other media platforms but how the user plays the game. The Grand Theft Auto (GTA) franchise by Rockstar games is at the forefront of the postmodern movement in video games. Grand Theft Auto IV Vice City was one of the first games developed to have a true virtual reality. Along with other games in the franchise the player
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