Postmodernism Definitions

  • Pastiche– an artistic work in a style that imitates that of another work, artist, or period.
  • Bricolage – (in art or literature) construction or creation from a diverse range of available things. something constructed or created from a diverse range of things.
  • Intertextuality – Intertextuality is the shaping of a text’s meaning by another text. It is the interconnection between similar or related works of literature that reflect and influence an audience’s interpretation of the text. Intertextuality – the relation between texts that are inflicted by means of quotations and allusion.
  • Implosion – a sudden failure or collapse of an organization or system.
  • cultural appropriation – the unacknowledged or inappropriate adoption of the customs, practices, ideas, etc. of one people or society by members of another and typically more dominant people or society.

These relate to the style models because they are all sad songs with deep meanings behind them which link to the definitions.

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