Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Study Task 02 - Parody and Pastiche

Fredric Jameson 

What is this about?

Parody-  A humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing.
Pastiche- Imitating a design by not copying. 


What is Jameson's definition of parody and pastiche?

Jameson characterises postmodern parody as 'blank parody' without any political bite. 
Black Parody- straight copy of something. 

Parody- 'Ulterior motives' - challenging the establishment.  

Pastiche- 'Pastiche is, like parody, the imitation of a peculiar or unique, idiosyncratic style, the wearing of a linguistic mask, speech in a dead language. But it is a neutral practice of such mimicry, without any of parody's ulterior motives, amputated of the satiric impulse, devoid of laughter.' (Jameson, Postmodernism)


Linda Hutcheon 

What is this about? 

Postmodernism 

What is Hutcheon's definition of parody? How does it relate to pastiche? 

Parody- 'Parody—often called ironic quotation, pastiche, appropriation, or intertextuality—is usually considered central to postmodernism, both by its detractors and its defenders'. 

How does she criticise Jameson?


'Postmodernist recall of history is neither nostalgia nor aesthetic... It is true however that it does not offer what Jameson desires-'Genuine historicity'.

Jameson argues that in postmodernism 'Parody finds itself without a vacation'.

No comments:

Post a Comment