Perspectives of Postmodernism Word Definitions

1. Avant-Garde is a new experimental idea and method in art, music, and literature.
2. Nostalgia is a a feeling of  of pleasure and also  in the past:. It is also an affectionate feeling you have for the past, especially for a particularly happy time.
3. Appropriation is an appropriation that is about the amount of money that a government or organization reserves for a purpose.
4. Pastiche is a mixture of pieces of writing or music in which the style is copied from somewhere else, or which has a variety of different styles.
5. Parody is a humorous piece of writing, drama, or music which imitates the style of a well-known person.
6. Irony is the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning.
7. Ideology is the body of doctrine, myth, belief, that guides an individual, social movement, institution, class, or large group.
8. Genre is a class or category of film or music having a particular form, content, technique.