Jameson and Hutcheon - Pastiche - Study Task 02

Fredrick Jameson
Idiosyncratic - Unusual or individual
Stupendous Proliferation - Amazing Increase
What is it about ?
Pastiche- 'Pastiche is like a parody, the imitation of a peculiar unique, idiosyncratic style, the wearing of a linguistic mask, speech in a dead language.'
Parody - ' Ulterior motives' Comedic viewpoint
He like to challenge
Extracting signs from their originated place in time... and ultimately their meaning
Example - Postmodern architecture

Linda Hutcheon
'It takes the form of self-conscious, self contradictory, self undermining statement.''
'Ironic re-readigng of the past'
Parody-Repetition with critical difference
Parody + Pastiche are the same

My Opinion
I agree with Linda Hutcheon on that Pastiche and Parody is important and does look at the past. I disagree that Jameson rejects it and says that it is wrong.

Fredrick Jameson has a strong opinion on parody and pastiche stating that 'Pastiche is like a parody, the imitation of a peculiar unique, idiosyncratic style, the wearing of a linguistic mask, speech in a dead language.'(Jameson) he likes to challenge capitalists with his views. a good example of pastiche resonantly is the Netflix show stranger things that became very popular due to its title sequence which brought a sense of nostalgia from the 1980s. Contradicting Jameson is Linda Hutcheon who thinks that he is narrow-minded for thinking that pastiche is a bad thing on the past. She says that parody and pastiche are the same and thinks that parody is positive as it is a 'Ironic re-reading of the past' (Hutcheon) a good example of this is stranger and stranger product designers which take influence from victorian culture and let us see what packaging and production was like from the past.