Word Bank

Bricolage: A rearrangement and juxtaposition of unconnected signs to produce new codes of meaning.

Intertextuality: One text makes reference to another text, as when the Simpsons parodies or satirizes another movie or TV show. 

Postmodern: A stylistic and aesthetic change in the arts and culture that breaks down or alters traditions of modernism. A body of work that is nonlinear, playful, and assembled from various other forms, including modernism, that construct an eclectic pastiche composed of parts borrowed from other works.

Power: That which enables one person or a group to exert his or her will and interest over others.

Satire is a form of imitation specifically designed to make fun of powerful people, especially politicians.

Explains Postmodern theory

Explains the concept Intertextuality