1. Tekst- og litteraturhistorie i de engelsksprogede lande Session Six: Postmodernism

2. Agenda Postmodernism: key notions Postmodernist Art –Sculpture, installation, concept art –Architecture –Music –Literature

3. Scream 4 1 (00:00-03:59): Stab 6. Two young brunettes discussing horror and Saw 4 and getting killed by Ghostface. 2 (04:00-05:53): Stab 7. Two not so young blondes finish watching Stab 6. They discuss horror and Stab 6. One kills the other. 3 (05:34-): Scream 4. Two young blondes finish watching Stab 7. They discuss horror and Stab 7. And Stab 6. And 5, … Both are killed by ghost face.

4. Scream 4 Stab 7 Stab 6 ???

5. Postmodernism: key notions Lyotard, Grand vs Little Narratives: totalising vs local stories, naturalising vs pragmatic explanations Baudrillard, Simulacra: Copy – copy rel. The hyperreal Derrida, The deconstruction of the metaphysics of presence: Logocentrism (the inward rational principle of man, texts, … the universe)

11. Francis Bacon, Triptych, 1976

12. Damien Hirst, For the Love of God (2007)

14. Damien Hirst, A Thousand Years, 1990 Steel, glass, flies, maggots, MDF, insect-o-cutor, cow's head, sugar, water (13 x 427 x 213 cm)

17. This little piggy went to market, this little piggy stayed at home (1996)

18. Isolated Elements Swimming in the Same Direction for the Purposes of Understanding (1991)

19. Damien Hirst,The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living.

20. The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living (1991 / 2006))

21. The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living (1991 / 2006)

22. Jeff Koons, Michael Jackson and Bubbles (1988) Ceramic. 42 x 70 1/2 x 32 1/2 in. (106.7 x 179.1 x 82.5 cm)

23. 1000 de La Gauchetière (1992)

24. Mississauga City Hall

25. San Antnonio Public Library, Texas

26. Frank Gehry, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

27. Prague - Dancing House

28. Buildings in Düsseldorf Harbor

29. Postmodern music Laurie Anderson, ”O Superman”; ”Big Science” John Cage

30. Postmodern literature Intertextuality Pastiche

31. Angela Carter, ”The Bloody Chamber” Feminist revisionism The Bluebeard Legend

32. Donald Barthelme, ”The Balloon” What is the story about? Describe the narrator-protagonist –Who is he? What’s he doing as a narrator and a protagonist? What is the relationship between ”The Balloon” and the balloon? What’s the relationship between the narrator- protagonist and Donald Barthelme? What does ”The Balloon” say about text and meaning?