Critical Perspectives - Dissertation Proposal OGR

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Perspectives - Cone of Cogency

Perspectives - The Education System & Equality

For today's task, the rest of my class has three minutes took it in turns to write down a key piece of information/ idea/ question/ book etc stemming off of my two chosen words for the beginning of my written assignment. An interesting topic that kept on arising was how education is treated in different countries. I have also been given some useful book and website places to research to broaden my ideas for my work. 

Scream - Why it's Postmodern

Is Scream Postmodern?

1) Pastiche. The film follows the same plotline on purpose so it replicates past slasher films.

2) Parody. The film plays on the idea of it being a slasher film and predictable like all the ones before and mocks it, for example, when the main character Sidney states “They’re all the same - some stupid killer stalking some big breasted girl who can’t act who is always running up the stairs when she should be running out of the front door. It’s insulting.”

3) Appropriation. The use of the killers mask is replicated/influenced by the famous painting “The Scream” by Edvard Munch. 

4) Irony. Throughout the film, the characters will mock a scenario, and then moments later it’ll happen to them, such as when Randy shouts “Look behind you” when the killer is right behind him.

5) Intertextuality. The film references multiple films such as “A Nightmare on Elm Street” and “Halloween.” 

Perspectives - Sherrie Levine - Week 4

Sherrie Levine uses other peoples original artwork and makes it into something  very similar but changes just a couple of things, she put's her own stamp into the works changing the history of the piece and inserts parasite meaning to it. Marcel Duchamp did a similar thing beforehand by "vandalising" the Mona Lisa, the idea of individuals doing this to work was mischievous and exciting.

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.

Postmodern Definitions - Week 3

Metanarrative - Large scale theories and philosophies of the world, such as religion, science history and art.

Essentialism - Things have a set of characteristics defining them and what they are.

Utopian - A perfect place, the idea of creating a "perfect" society.

Axiomatic - Something that's completely truthful and unquestionable, transparency.

Dystopian - The exact opposite of utopian, a unpleasant or bad place.

Scepticism - Being doubtful about an idea or theory.

Pluralism - Working together for something or a society, despite cultural differences.

Mulholland Drive - Why it's Postmodern

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Inception - Why it's Postmodern

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Kill Bill - Why it's Postmodern

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Postmodern Definitions - Week 2

Modernity - Something that is modern.

Structuralism - Trying to find structure under cultures and behaviours. 

Ahistorical - Remains out of history, isn't date-able to a certain era or period.

Objective - Unswayed by cultural beliefs, feelings or opinions, setting aside personal experiences.

Irreducible - Cannot be simplified any farther, in its most simplistic form.

Transparent - Pure, clear, can see through.

Universal - The whole world, relates to everyone.

Definitive - Come to an end, no more versions.

Post-structuralism - Challenges structuralism, argues that a fixed solution for the many might not be suitable for the few or individuals. One size does not fit all idea.

Reflexivity - Non biased opinion.

The Unreliable Narrator - Leaving an audience lacking information or completely clueless, no self explanatory, is normally done specifically to make the audience question the reality.

The Enlightenment Project - This was a point in time where people started looking for the the truth of their world and the universe within science, instead of just God being out there, it brought new ideas to a traditional culture. This was known as the "Age of enlightenment."

Postmodern Definitions - Week 1

High Modernism - also known as High Modernity is a form of Modernism, it focuses on the rules that society will be improved with the development of science and technology. 

Capitalist - An individual who uses their wealth and invests in industry and trade with the principals of capitalism.

Disconnected - Lacking any type of contact with something such as reality.

Super Abundance - Often taken for granted, exceeding and excessive, too much of something.

Simulcra - A representation of something and or someone.

Superficiality - Lacking any depth of thought or thoroughness.

Fragmentary - Separated, split up, not matching the rest, it's incomplete or made up of broken parts or sections.

Pop - Popular with mass media, tends to be modern.

Eclectic - Ideas, style and taste from a wide range of sources.

Nostalgia - Bringing back memories from the past, sentimental.

Depthless - Not a rich or interesting backstory, lacking thought or meaning.

Flippant - Carelessness, not addressing a situation with a serious attitude.

Pastiche - Work that replicates that of a different artist or period.

Bricolage - Creating something using multiple sources or mediums.

Aleatory - Relying on unpredictable outcomes.