Popular Culture

&

Literature

Session 2

Contemporary Arts/ Culture/ Literature

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Popular Arts/ Culture/ Literature

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Popular Culture & Literature

Youth

Culture

AffordabilityAccessibility Celebrity

Culture

Contemporary

Popular

Contemporary

Popular

Pop Culture Postmodernism

Postmodernism

• Intellectual/ Artistic/ Literary Movement

• 1950s (late 20th century)

• v/s Post-war syndrome of Modernism

• Playful, childlike, magical, mystical, surreal

• Simplified, non-elite art & literature

• Humour, irony, sarcasm, satire

• Allegory, fantasy, medievalist

• Scepticism, rejection of institutional control

• Inspiration from the past (intertextuality)

• Imagination over Reason, science-fiction

Postmodernism

Absurdist

Theatre

Cubist

Painting

Abstract

Sculpture Minimalist

Music

Postmodern

Popular

Postmodern

Popular

(MASS) POPULAR

MEDIA CULTURE

Digital/

Information

Technology

• Bluetooth

• Blogging

• Reality shows

• Facebook

• Twitter

• YouTube (viral videos)

• Podcasting

• Search Engines

• E-books

• Digital library

• Smartphones

• Digital Imaging

• Digital Photography

• Digital Animation in 2D/ 3D

• Digital Music

• Wi-Fi

• Printing technology

• Cable/ Satellite technology

• Gaming Technology

• Online Press

• 4D Cinema

• Blu ray

• Home Cinema

• Air traffic

• Photoshop

• 3D Printing

• P2P

MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY

MEDIA &

TECHNOLOGY

Advertising

Ease of use

Visibility

Freedom of

speech

Curiosity

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