Exam 39: Without Boundaries: Multiple Meanings in a Postmodern World

Referencing one poem and one novel discussed in the chapter,explain the "open interpretation" that characterizes postmodern literature.

Why did the makers of the film Flooded McDonald's build a replica of the fast-food restaurant at the bottom of a pool and then flood it?

Define "green architecture," and explain how it fits with the concept of postmodern architecture.Then describe two examples-one from the book and one from your community.

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Why did Frank Gehry use industrial materials such as corrugated metal to surround his Santa Monica,CA,house?

According to Robert Venturi,why is Las Vegas the model for postmodern urban form?

What is Prague's Dancing House with its teetering sense of collapse designed to evoke?

In literature,how does the postmodern hero differ from his or her predecessors?

What is a key question for grasping meaning in Gerhard Richter's photographic paintings?

In Thomas Pynchon's novel V.why can protagonist Herbert Stencil never fulfill his quest for the mysterious V?

How does David Antin leave meaning in his poem "If We Get It" open to interpretation?

What does David P.Bradley expose in his painting Indian Country Today?

Why did Zhang Huan invite 40 Chinese peasants to be photographed standing in a pond to raise the water level?

Why did the Chinese government demand Zhang Hongtu's painting Bird's Nest,in the Style of Cubism be removed from China?

Identify and explain how works by two painters discussed in the chapter exemplify cultural misunderstandings.

Why did African painter Chris Ofili support The Holy Virgin Mary on two balls of elephant dung?

How is deconstruction,the act of analyzing a text to see what has been omitted or overlooked,integral to postmodernism?

What is a hallmark of postmodern architecture?