Literary+Theory

=Literary Theory =


 * Postmodernism **

﻿Signs of postmodernism which have grown out of the Modernist movement as outlined by Ken Watson (Watson, 2004, p.55)
 * streams of consciousness
 * multiple points of view
 * discontinuous narrative
 * breaking genre boundaries
 * open use of intertextuality
 * indeterminacy
 * breaking of genre boundaries
 * eclecticism
 * collage
 * deliberate revealing of their constructedness (metafictive techniques) Wiesner's //The Three Pigs,// Browne's //Voices in the Park//, //Bear Hunt//
 * delight in games (called 'ludism' and 'ludic' in postmodern criticisms)
 * parody
 * pastiche
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">surrealism
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">metafiction
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Rejecting the distinction between 'high' and 'popular' art - this is where there is a distinction between modernism and postmodernism
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">bricolage //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> - the use of bits and pieces of older works to produce a new work - again Browne's works are an obvious choice to explore this.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Features of postmodern picture books <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">A checklist <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">(Derouet, 2010, p.ii, adopted from Anstey, 2008, p. 150)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Have plot, character and setting been used in nontraditional ways?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Are multiple genres present?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Is playfulness present, providing a mockery of traditional forms?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Has the narrator's voice been used in an unusual way to position the reader and to convey meaning?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Is the depiction of text, plot, character and setting forcing the reader/viewer to construct meaning?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Are different illustrative styles used?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Are book layout and format unusual?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Is the discourse between written and illustrative text mismatched?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Is intertextuality present (in any form or degree)?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Is it possible to have multiple readings for a variety of audiences?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Is self-referentiality present, drawing readers' attention to the fact that the text is constructed, thus referring to itself?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Deconstruction