Below is a diagram which showcases the four different threads connected to Postmodernism theory;
Postmodernism deliberately rejects the idea that there is a high and low culture. They tend to avoid rigid genre distinctions. Rathet than conforming to genre distinctions, postmodernists took a preferenve of the following formats;
- Pastiche - a mixture of different forms
- Parody - a spoof vertsion of a genre
- Bricolage - use of the materials available depsite the intended purpose
- Irony - when there is tension between what is said and what is meant
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