Postmodernism questions and answers graded A+ 2023/2024 passed

PostmodernismWhat are the common attributes of postmodernism? (3) - correct answer 1. Questioning the POSITION OF POWER in art 2. Questioning the CATEGORIZATION of works 3. REJECTING AN "ACCEPTED CANON" of work How did the postmodernists question the position of power in art? - correct answer Asking why certain artists (such as playwrights) and certain groups (such as white males) should have positions of power and privilege throughout history. How did postmodernists question the categorization of works? (3) - correct answer 1. Why can't we mix abstraction and realism? 2. Why can't we combine high and low forms/styles? 3. Why must we categorize things (genre, style) at all? What did postmodernists consider the "accepted canon"? - correct answer the classics How did postmodernists "reject" the accepted canon? - correct answer Redoing the classics to make them relevant What was the flaw in postmodernist rejection of "accepted canon"? (According to JG) - correct answer Redoing the classics relevantly meant that the classics were still being done. "Rejecting" them in this way meant heightening them. What did postmodernist practitioners start doing in the 1970s and 80s? - correct answer 1. Rebel against traditional readings of texts 2. Ignore all previous [modern] distinctions of genre and structure 3. Believe that words do not project statements about reality 4. Build shows that are self-reflective or meta-theatrical Why did postmodernists rebel against the traditional reading of texts? - correct answer A traditional reading would be playwright-centered, but postmodernists believe that the playwright, by writing a play instead of a novel, gives up their work for interpretation. The director, individual cast or audience members, each create their own reading of the play. (Mostly the director, though.) "Variety of authors" Postmodernist directors, as a sort of author, would do what with a play, perhaps using which two methods? - correct answer Postmodernist directors make their own art with a script, perhaps through deconstruction or pastiche. Deconstruction - correct answer taking the text apart to create your own meaning and then rebuilding it to illustrate your meaning Pastiche - correct answer an imitation of something form the past (i.e., reimagining the classics) How did postmodernists show their pointed ignorance of genre and structure distinction? (3) - correct answer 1. Questioned the modern perceptions about what we know and how we know it 2. Created new forms of theatrical expression based on "perception" 3. Intermingled/melded many different forms together (collages) What is the philosophy behind postmodern question of the perceptions of what we know and how we know it? - correct answer WHAT you know is important, but HOW you know it should be portrayed in your work, as well (similar to backing up your argument or citing your sources) How do postmodernists go beyond Brecht's theatricalism? - correct answer With Brecht, you could see the scenes changing and the lighting and so on. Postmodernists are like, "Ehh, done that--let's hear what the actors are thinking or what the director says backstage." What is the get-out-of-jail-free card used by postmodernist directors due to their perception-based creations? - correct answer What gets put onstage is non-negotiable. It's their art; it's how they perceive the world. How someone else perceives that art is not really their concern.