POSTMODERNISM

Question 1

What is Postmodernism?

Answer 1

-a cultural, literary, artistic, theatrical, social & philosophical movement
-resists a rigid structure
-resists the certainties and TRUTH that modernism created
-challenges ideologies
-MULTIPLE TRUTHS

Question 2

Modernism

Answer 2

-Search for Truth

Question 3

Characteristics of Postmodernism

Answer 3

-use of intertextuality
-mashing of styles (supermarket of styles)
-pushing of the avant-garde
-rejection of master narratives
-deconstruction
-meta theatre
-non-linear narratives
-death of the author
-multimedia
-open to interpretation
-playfulness (irreverence)

Question 4

Pastiche

Answer 4

combine multiple genres

Question 5

Intertextuality

Answer 5

one text referencing, quoting, or alluding to another text

Question 6

Avant-garde

Answer 6

new and experimental ideas and methods

Question 7

Master narrative

Answer 7

narratives that are shared by many or most people within a society or culture

Question 8

deconstruction

Answer 8

takes reality apart and reconstructs it back together in a different form

Question 9

Meta-theatre

Answer 9

challenges the traditional notion of theatre as a mere representation or imitation of reality, instead emphasising the play’s awareness of itself as a work of art

Question 10

Non-linear narratives

Answer 10

a storytelling technique in which the chronological order of events is disrupted

Question 11

Multimedia

Answer 11

using more than one medium of expression or communication

Question 12

Irreverence

Answer 12

a sense of playfulness