OUGD501 - Jameson and Hutcheon

Jameson

Post modernism is a parody of modernism

are negative compared to his evaluation of parody as he believes 'the producers of culture have nowhere to turn but to the past' and that 'Pastiche is blank parody'. Although pastische and parody have a similar meaning, Jameson stresses 

Jameson suggests actors imitating other styles 

Jameson is more on parody

Explores the difference between parody and pastiche 

Parody is humorous 

Patische is taken seriously 

Jameson is negative on pastische 

'Dead language' - In the past

Almost extracting      from their original place in time and ultimately their meaning'

Definition of parody and pastiche from Jameson - Examples

Patische - an artistic work in a style that imitates that of another work, artist, or period.

Parody - an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.

Engender - cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition).

idiolect - the speech habits peculiar to a particular person.

Pastische is important in GD

Linda Hutcheon

Post modernism is a parody of modernism

Her definition of parody -'ironic re-readings of the past'

To include irony and play is never necessarily to exclude seriousness and purpose in postmodernist art. To misunderstand this is to misunderstand the nature of much contemporary aesthetic production - even if it does make for neater theorizing. Linda is disagreeing with Jameson and suggests he is missunderstanding the postmodernist movement.

Doesn't use pastiche - Hutcheon believes it is the same as parody. Ideological, critical evaluation

Jameson's text explores the relationship between parody and pastiche in postmodern film. According to Jameson, 'Pastiche is the imitation of a peculiar or unique, idiosyncratic style, the wearing of a linguistic mask, speech in a dead language'. Referring to speech as a dead language suggests Jameson is critical of taking cultural influence from the past and imitating the work of other artists. To further support this, Jameson states ' the producers of culture have nowhere to turn but to the past' which suggests Jameson believes the creative industries are lacking originality. Linda Hutcheon on the other hand believes post modernism is a parody of modernism and we should take influences from parody to 'give architecture back its traditional social and historical dimension, through a new twist'. From Hutcheon's text, it's clear that she supports parody for the future of creative culture as she sees postmodernism as a parody of modernism and without parody, we wouldn't be able to move forward.