Saturday, 14 October 2017

Postmodern Definitions - Week 4

Avant - garde - Making a new piece of work, using methods not seen before which are experimental and unorthodox.

Nostalgia - Taking a serious piece of work/film etc and adapting parts to exaggerate it, often to make it humorous.

Appropriation - Copying something, but changing the context and/or meaning.

Pastiche - A cultural artefact composed from elements appropriated from other works.

Parody - Mimicking a individual/ piece/ genre etc, and exaggerating it; often to make it humorous.

Irony - Using words or images to convey a meaning, normally opposite to it's literal meaning.

Ideology - A set of beliefs or theories that guide society at that time.

Genre - A specific style or category, such as Art or Film.



2 comments:

  1. Hey Ruth - spotted this definition - think it's probably a typo?

    "Nostalgia - Taking a serious piece of work/film etc and adapting parts to exaggerate it, often to make it humorous" ?!

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