HOW MODERNISM IS DEFINED
-Art / social political movement that aimed to reinvent culture that had become outdated.
-Ocurred roughly between 1890s and 1960s
-A rejection against realism
-Divisions of modernism include avant-garde and surrealism
-Films/Novels/Art were self-reflexive of society.
HOW POSTMODERNISM IS DEFINED
-From 1970s onwards
-The breakdown of barriers between genres and style
-The breakdown of distinction between binary divides (E.G Human and Machine)
-Mixing up time, space and narrative
-Emphasis of style over content
-Blurring of fiction and reality/representation and the real world.
-Becoming more use to a mediated version of reality, than reality itself (hyperreality)
CONVENTIONS OF POST-MODERNISM
INTERTEXTUALITY- One media text referring to another.
PARODY- mocking something in an original way.
1970/1980's cop series
The Simpsons also use parodies both in high and low cultures to a wide range of audiences. The idea of parody mainly promotes that there is no difference between high art and mass culture.
PASTICHE- An artistic work in a style that imitates that of another work, artist or period. This is a self-conscious imitation. For instance Madonna imitation of Marilyn Monore's Gentleman prefer blondes in her Material Girl music video.
BRICOLAGE- Mixing up and using different genres and styles. This is most common in films and movies such as Blade Runner comprising of Film Noir and Sci-Fi and Shaun of the Dead which is zombie mixed with romantic comedy but also happens in music. For example, DJ Shadow's Entroducing which is the first album to be completely made up of sampled music.
HOMAGE- Imitation from a respectful standpoint. For instance the orginal psycho movie made in 1960 and the remake made in 1998.
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