21/11/14 Lesson

Part 1:
Define what is POST-Modernism?

Post-modernism is media texts challenging traditonal ideas of either narrative, genre or representation.

Why is it different to Modernism?

Modernism is the traditional way of forming media texts.

What key terminology is there, which have we already encountered on the course?

Intertextuality                     Distopia

Simulacra                           Bricolage

Superficial                          Nostalgia

Hyper-real                          Prosumers

Post-modernism                 Collapse - Structure

Binary Opposites                Flow

Immersion

Who are the Big Theorists?

Boudrillard 

Lyotard

Jameson

What are some key Media texts?

What are the 3 types of Post-Modernism?

What are the characteristics of Post Modernism?

Part 2:

What is the essay about from looking at past questions:

The essay will require you to write a comparison between current post-modern media against traditional media and arguments for and against post-modernism. 

Part 3:

3 aspects of post-modernism (characteristics):

- Historical (as an era – 'after' Modernism or 'against modernism', end of history/progress, cynical, what caused it, when is it?)
- Aesthetic (what it looks like, style over substance, retro, nostalgia)
- Philosophy (what it thinks like – grand/meta narratives, hyper-reality, simulated)

Part 4:

Essay:

What do we mean by Post-Modern media?
Post-modern media is media created in the present day which conforms to the traditional ideas of media. Post-modernism can be seen in narrative, genre and represention throughout media texts. For example, in narrative the traditional media text would have a beginning, middle and end. Therefore a post-modern narrative will go against this and could show the end at the start of the film or have a non-linear narrative.