OUIL501 study task 5

Key terms COP 2 - OUIL501

Intertextuality •

This refers to the way that a text, programme, film or musical piece can refer back to previous works by another author. It can be referred to subtly or more directly.

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For example, in a parody the original is made fun of by exaggerating certain elements or altering them.

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Intertextuality can be seen as an example of Barthes’ Death of the Author, where ‘the writer can only imitate a gesture that is always anterior, never original’ and their ‘only power is to mix writings’ rather than create new ones completely.

Meta communication •

This is part of the unspoken communication. It refers to non-verbal body language, which includes tone of voice, body language, gestures, facial expression that create a secondary conversation beneath the surface of a conversation.

This work refers to the conversation that the two figures are having, but also the secondary conversation between them which is communicated through their body language.

Parody •

This refers to a comic take on something in order to make fun of or target it/them, usually by using satire. Often, it is intended to highlight a ridiculous belief or trait held by the person or as part of the original work.

Miley Cyrus’ infamous music video for ‘Wrecking Ball’ and below, one of the many parodies

Postmodernism •

This is the period of art and design after Modernism and involves an opposition to rules and restrictions on media and subject matter. Modernist architecture supposedly ending after the demolition of the Pruitt-Igor apartment building, according to Charles Jencks.

The demolition of the Pruitt-Igor building

Scopophilia •

Refers to the way in which a person may achieve sexual pleasure from watching others when they are naked or engaged in sexual activity; voyeurism.

The work of Miroslav Tichy shows women often in a state of undress and in unstaged poses, such as walking down the street. Although his colleague made an effort for his work to be exhibited, Tichy later renounced the fame he gained from the images as he didn’t want them to be shared with the world.