postmodernism

Postmodernism and Urban Space

Marisol, by La Visita, 1964

Courses

Concepts and Examples:

Theories and Topics	Cultural Texts
General introduction 一般介紹
1)A. 喧譁繁衍大哉問: 後現代主義簡介中文介紹（２） B. Postmodernism and Postmodernity ＊"台灣地區後現代狀況年表：未完成" C. intro. site: Postmodernism
2) Jencks--history and definitions ＊Selected articles on Taiwanese identity (summary)	architecture -- Western (A Chinese intro.) other examples Taiwanese examples: 1, 2, 3
I. Postmodernity 後現代性
3) Jameson--late capitalism and post-industrial society 中文 * Online Version: The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism (with pictures) (local excerpted version)	pastiche or parody? Andy Warhol,
4) Lyotard--deligitimation and the postmodern sublime * E-Text: The Postmodern Condition 5) Habermas -- modernity, an unfinished or failed project?	Is Internet a public sphere?-- Visit a BBS and observe the dynamics of their interaction
6) Beaudrillard--TV and computer simulation 7) "Ecstacy of Communication"

II. Postmodernism (1): Literature & History 後現代主義（Ｉ）︰文學與歷史
8) Theories of Metafiction; "Introduction," Metafiction	Midnight's Children, 後現代歷史與台灣國家主體建構︰以侯孝賢為例《高砂百合》 time line, etc.
9) Hutcheon "Historiographical Metafiction" "The Politics of Parody" 中文	Housekeeping; The Stunt Man
10) John Barth "Literature of Replenishment"
11) Postmodern Poetry Taiwanese Postmodern Poetry (an Outline in Chinese)
II. Postmodernism (II): Poststructuralism 後現代主義（ＩＩ）︰後結構主義
12) Roland Barthes & 11) Representation intro. site: Some Post-Structural Assumptions
13) Michel Foucault, Power & Subject 14) "Foucault and the Social Sciences"
15) Representation & Hyptertext	hypertext theories 歧路花園: 抹黑李白．詩組, 追夢人 and the essays
II. Postmodernism (III): Postmodern Politics & Postmodern Popular Culture 後現代主義（ＩＩＩ）︰後現代政治與大眾文化
Postmodernism and Postcolonialism: overlapping, contamination or assimilation? 16) Simon During
17) Postmodernism and Feminism Owen--pm & feminism	feminist photography:Barbara Kruger, Cindy Sherman Madonna
18) Laclau--Neo-Marxism	debates on Taiwan's independence
TV (music video) and Internet 19) MTV Meets Postmodern Theory ＊"Cable Channel and National Immaginary"from 傳播與認同	Music Videos and their Singers
II. Postmodern Space; Postcolonial Resistance 後現代空間、後殖民抗拒

B. Other examples of pastiche and parody:
Question: Can we make a clear distinction between the two?

PASTICHE: e.g.

Andy Warhol (examples of his work)
〈交通問題〉by 林燿德 with a photo by 阮義忠

Others: "The Baby-sitter"; "Lost in the Funhouse" by John Barth; A Hong Kong Prayer, clips from Hotshot; � images--Disneyland and Window on China; music vedio; computer games; Hercules (Disney's)

PARODY: e.g

Other Interesting postmodern texts:

literature--short stories by Stanley Elkin; John Updike, John Barth, Stephen King's Misery; 平路、張大春、黃凡、林燿德的〈馬桶〉、〈上班族的天空〉

黃凡〈系統的多重關係〉、〈如何測量水溝的深度〉

films--〈熱帶魚〉、楊德昌的電影、

的電影

other popular culture--KTV, Taipei store decorations, store signs and names,

Courses

Postmodern Theories and Texts

Fall, 1998, Kate's & the students' photos; class discussion photos

Postmodern Space, Postcolonial Resistance

Spring, 1999

Fragments of Identities in North American Postmodern Fiction and Film