A2 INTRODUCTION TO POSTMODERNISM

Rate your confidence and knowledge about postmodernism

1

I don’t know the

key terms

2

I know a range

of key terms

3

I can identify a media text that

links to a key term

4

I can make

connections between key

terms and case studies

Start of lesson

End of lesson

Match the key term to the correct definition

Nothing new /

nothing original

When a media text refers to other media texts. The meaning of the text is shaped by its reference to another text.

Hybridity A mixture or fusion of different elements.

Intertextuality

Nostalgia

We lack uniqueness

and are not innovative.

We just regurgitate and

recreate the past.

A sentimentality (longing) for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations.

Meme of your choice

TITLE OF MEME: _______________________________

Details of meme: (what it is, where it’s shown etc)

Draw picture(s) of meme below:

Blank: can you think of your own example?

TITLE OF MEDIA TEXT: _______________________________