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Lecturer(s)
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Peprník Michal, prof. PhDr. Dr.
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Course content
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The program: 1) Features of Postmodernism Ihab Hassan: "Towards a Concept of Postmodernism," in The Dismemberment of Orpheus: Towards a Postmodern Literature (1971, 1982) Francois Lyotard: Introduction to The Postmodern Condition, xxiii-xxv. 2) History, science fiction, and popular culture Kurt Vonnegut: Slaughterhouse-Five (1963) 3) Pop Art: aesthetics of waste, the art of recycling, assemblage and popular culture Douglas Crimp: "On the Museums Ruins," in The Anti-Aesthetic: Essays on Postmodern Culture (1983, 1998) 43-47, 53-54. 4) Hippies, Zen and the art of fragments Richard Brautigan: In Watermelon Sugar (1968) 5) Playful to death: deconstruction Donald Barthelme: The Dead Father (1975) excerpts (Chapters 1-7, 23; 6) Postmodernist Architecture: Aesthetics of Excess Morgan, Diane: "Postmodernism and Architecture," in The Routledge Companion to Postmodernism. Ed. Stuart Sim 71-88. 7) Television, film and the postmodern sublime David Lynch: Mulholland Drive (film) F. Lyotard: on the sublime 8) Into the mainstream? Don DeLillo: The White Noise (1984) Zygmunt Bauman: "Shopping as a Rite" (in Liquid Modernity). 9) Postmodernism, war and narrative experiments Tim O'Brien: "The Things They Carried," "How to Tell a True War Story" (1990) 10) Paul Auster: City of Glass (1985) - selected chapters (1-6) 11) Virtual reality, hyperreality and cyber punk William Gibson: "Johny Mnemonic," "The Gernsback Continuum" (1981), in Burning Chrome(1986)
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Projection (static, dynamic)
- Homework for Teaching
- 50 hours per semester
- Attendace
- 25 hours per semester
- Semestral Work
- 25 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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This course provides a survey of postmodernist theory (Lyotard, Hassan, Bauman, Jameson, Baudrillard) and discusses the postmodernist features in postwar American literature (Auster, Barthelme, Pynchon, Vonnegut, Brautigan, De Lillo, O'Brien) and its relation to postmodern art.
Better understanding of the origins and development of postmodernism in its various cultural forms (architecture, fine art, music, and fiction). A thorough understanding of narrative forms and techniques of postmodern literature. The ability to identify and analyze the main features of postmodernism in contemporary culture. A deeper understanding of the relationship between text and context.
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Prerequisites
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No specific expectations.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Mark, Written exam, Essay
- attendance (max. 2 absences) - sound knowledge of the texts - oral presentation in class (10 minutes) or 1 paper (3-4 pages) - 4 written assignments (1-2 pages each)
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Recommended literature
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Butler, Christopher. (2004). Postmodernism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford UP.
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Geyh, Paula, ed. (2017). The Cambridge Companion to Postmodern American Fiction. Cambridge UP.
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McHale, Brian. (2015). The Cambridge Introduction to Postmodernism. New York.
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Sim, Stuart, ed. (2011). The Routledge Companion to Postmodernism. Routledge.
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