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Postmodernism
1.
2. Post- Modernism
prefix which time of belief in
means “after” an absolute
universal truth
= after the time
of belief in an absolute universal truth
3. Modernism Postmodernism
Industrial Revolution Period of mass
media
Laments Celebrates
fragmentation fragmentation
Works of art can Works of art cannot
provide meaning to provide meaning to
the world the meaningless
world
Learn things to know Learn things to use
them them
4. Failure of Industrial Revolution,
WWII and Poverty (1900-1940s)
Revolt against
dehumanization of industrialism
Sense that Western culture
had lost its bearings & values
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Failure of Industrial Revolution,
WWII and Poverty (1900-1940s)
Exposure of hypocritical
moralism of Christianity
Popularization of Charles
Darwin’s evolutionary theory
6. The Year of Student
Revolution (1968)
Architectural student rebellion
against modernist teachers
“Break the rules!
Mix up styles!
Play with space!
Defy gravity if you like!”
7. Space Race
(1950s)
Identity
Movements:
Feminism and
Black Power
(1960s)
Beatles (1963)
8. JFK Assassination
(1963)
Culture Wars:
Debates over
Canonical Inclusion
(1980s)
Release of
Michael Jackson’s
Thriller (1983)
10. There is no true worldview.
Knowledge is the result of
culture and language.
Reality is from our individual
interpretation.
Notions regarded as universal
are mere social constructs.
11. Deconstruction
by Jacques Derrida
Texts are incapable
of conveying truth
about objective
reality
Released text ends
the author’s
ownership
13. CONSUMER CAPITALISM
Global economy
Outsourcing and free
trade agreements
Decline in
manufacturing
Rise in unemployment
Increase in part-time
flexible and home
working
27. MULTICULTURALISM
Breakdown of cultural
boundaries
Discussing sex is not a taboo
Can be in any religion and still
recognize others
28. King of Talk Boy Abunda
Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel Playboy
Gay Marriage Baz Luhrman’s Romeo and Juliet Barack Obama
29. HYPERREALITY
More real than reality itself
Reality as entertainment
Refers to other texts and
assumes familiarity
Emphasis on image and style
rather than meaning
30. The Matrix Homer Simpson as Da Vinci’s Human Body
Spiderman Kiss in Shrek Reality TV
38. Rejects boundaries
Deliberately violates standards
of sense and decency
Shows constant struggle:
man vs. man, man vs. self and
man vs. society
Creation of intrusive breaks
and ironies
40. Joseph Heller
Known for his satires and
playwrights
Works center on the lives of
various members of the middle
class
Catch 22
Has a non-chronological style
Events are described from
different points -of-view so that
the time line develops along
with the plot
41. Kurt Vonnegut
Known for using Pastiche in his
works
Blends satire, black comedy,
and science fiction to create
novels
Breakfast of Champions
Uses paranoia
Has a character who becomes
violent when he imagines
people as robots while he
remains as the only human
42. Thomas Pynchon
Known for fictional writing over
many different subjects such as
science, mathematics and
history
The Crying of Lot 49
Uses humorous wordplay while
discussing serious subjects
Has comic character names
(e.g. Mike Fallopian, Stanley
Koteks and Dr. Hilarius)
43. Amy Tan
Known for writing works which
explore mother-daughter
relationships
The Kitchen God’s Wife
Challenges the dominant
narratives of contemporary
society about who matters
and who does not
44. Jessica Hagedorn
Known for works with a
collision of cultures, the saga
of immigration, cultural
meltdown and renewal
Dogeaters
Uses a whirlwind pastiche of life
in the Philippines just before the
fall of the Marcos regime
45. Nick Carbo
Editor
of the groundbreaking
anthology of Filipino and Filipino
American poetry, Returning A
Borrowed Tongue
Secret Asian Man
Uses a hilarious yet heartbreaking
look at the immigrant experience
Revolves on a hero who
becomes a spy, sniffing out the
criminals of America's racist pop
culture and Iiterary canon
46. Miguel Syjuco
Locallyand Internationally
acclaimed Filipino writer
2008 winner of Palanca Awards
Grand Prize for English Novel and
Man Asian Literary Prize
Ilustrado
Names a character after the
author himself who investigates
to discover the truth behind the
death of renowned writer
Crispin Salvador
47. How is Postmodernism related
to Popular Culture?
Postmodernism Popular Culture
birth of individual mass commercial
interpretations of culture
reality
Cultural commodities which have
resources that people can consume to
give meaning to their social identity and
relations become popular.
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