Exam 18: From Modernism to Postmodernism and Beyond

The plays of Tennessee Williams are classified as __________.

New York's It's Alright to be a Woman Theatre is an example of __________ theatre.

__________ is the musician who developed bebop.

__________ documented Native American life in his watercolor paintings.

Julian Bleecker's WiFI Bedouin is an example of __________.

Postmodernism grew out of modernism,beginning roughly around the year __________.

__________ is the idea that beliefs must be judged within their own social context .

Pop art is universally considered critical of consumer culture.

What is the name of Ricardo Bofill's well-known postmodern public housing development?

Musique actuelle is characterized by a tendency toward __________.

Some examples of Native American ritual performance and theatre last for a hundred hours.

__________ theatre proliferated during the 1970s,responding to women's subordinate position within society.

Architecture that stretches engineering to the limits of building materials is called __________ architecture.

Postmodernism embraces metanarratives.

Cuban-American theatre has dealt with the topics of exile and nostalgia.

Sylvia Plath is associated with __________ poetry.

Choose a postmodernist work of any medium.Discuss how it continues with earlier modernist techniques and concerns,as well as how it relates to the descriptions of postmodernism given in Chapter 17.Which features are specifically postmodern? How would you classify the piece if it includes both modernist and postmodernist elements?

The independent filmmaker Nancy Savoca is best known for her film __________,which centers on a multicultural marriage.

Nam June Paik's Danger Music for Dick Higgins was never intended to be played.

Reading concrete poetry aloud misses the point; it relies on visual imagery.