Friday, November 20, 2009
Bethany, Bryden, and Kristen's Presentation
Today's presentation regarding Deconstruction and Postmodernism was very interesting and beneficial because it clearly explained the concepts of postmodernism and deconstruction in literature. Their presentation especially gave me a better understanding of postmodernism, and helped me to see that more often than not, I participate in what can be considered postmodernism. I form my own beliefs about a story according to what I have experienced or what I believe, and sometimes that does go against whatever the author may have intended. I like that they ended with the Hansel and Gretel story. It pulled everything learned from the presentation together, and you could see deconstruction and postmodernism pulled together before your very eyes. I enjoyed their presentation.
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Thanks Tiarra...
ReplyDeleteI personally had a lot of fun learning more about postmodernism/deconstruction. I feel like this particular type of criticism fits well with me, because I'm also pretty random and contradictory, and I really enjoy such a difficult to define style of criticism. It's really kind of philosophical to try and think about exactly what the meanings are behind every piece of literature. I could spend hours just trying to pick up theories about various texts, because there really are so many different interpretations one could find in just one work. The whole idea of conflicts in various texts is so fascinating, and all the many interpretations and many subtexts that branch out from each one leads me to think there are an infinite number of interpretations one could hypothetically reach. Of course, you would need some evidence to back up your claims and theories, but it really wouldn't take much to prove.