study task 2

Postmodernism has many factors to it such as, it's against grand narrative of looking at the past and picking styles from the past to use in the modern era. It's been explained as a blank parody with no politics.

Jameson talks about what Pastiche is. "Pastiche is like parody" he then further explains it with"speech in a dead language" which is a very humorous yet makes sense to the audience as to how to think about the word.  furthermore, he states "Return of references" which clarifies pastiche being defined as using references from things that don't matter anymore, Referencing for no reason.

Hutcheon talks about what Parody is. "Critical or iconic re-reading of the plot" and that parody is "representation rather than recycling" of the plot/story.  from this, we can identify that parody is defined as a way to make fun of something by referencing it.

Both Pastiche and Parody can be used to make fun out of postmodernism, as postmodernism was explained to be a "Blank parody" suggesting that both Jameson and Hutcheon definitions help make an understanding of Postmodernism being a "speech in a dead language" and an "iconic re-reading of a plot".