Post Modernism Theories Flashcards
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What is Simulacra
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- Everything is a copy of a copy (Like a cartoon tree)
- Technically everything on TV is a copy of a copy
2
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Who did Simulacra theory
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Jean Beadrillard
3
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Who did Hyperreality
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Jean Beadrillard
4
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What is Hyper Reality
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- A world that is so fake, but is hard to tell apart
- E.g, Keeping Up With The Kardashians (Reality TV)
5
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Who did the Death of Meta-narratives
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Francis Leotard
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What is a Death of Meta Narratives
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- Postmodern society overthrows the grand narrative
- Everyone has free-will
- There is no set narrative
7
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Who did Postmodern texts
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Strinati
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What is Postmodern texts
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- Hyperreality
- Style over substance (Values looks over meaning)
- Confusion over time and space (Access anything in time)
- High and Low Culture (Things like art and paintings)
- The decline of Meta narratives
Its about how to identify postmodernistic texts and media formats
9
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Who did Postmodernism and Consumer Society
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Frederik Jamesons
10
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What is Postmodernism and Consumer Society
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- Superficiality
- Loss of historical consiousness
- Hyperreality
- Cultural Dominance (Postmodernism becomes dominant) (sells things just to look cool)
11
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Who did Complex narratives
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Umberto Eco
12
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What is complex narratives
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The audiences own interpretations is just as important as the author/creators interpretations
13
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What was Chomsky’s critisism?
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- Believes postmodernism is an excuse to create media
- Similar to ‘Style over substance’
- Embraces capitalism
14
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What was Hebdage’s critisism?
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- The broad use of postmodernism just makes it useless
- Anyone can say anything is post modern
15
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What was Haber Mass’ critisism?
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- If everybody agrees, there can be no ethical discourse
