Post Modernism.

1. Eclectiicism - A wide range of influences , contributors and techqniues. it shines through the varied characters they portray the range or musical styles.

2. Intertextuality - An authors borrowing and transformation of a prior text. It is the recognition and familarity that appeals to the active audience.

3. Parody - a humerous or satirical imitation of a text. It is the soft imitation which gives the audience a frame for reference evoking familarity and appreciation.

4. Bricolage - Works are constructed from various materials available. A muscial won't play a note that no-one has played before but it is the way the notes are played and the order they are played that makes it unique.

5. Acts agaisnt modernism -

6. Nostalgic - celebrates the past. modernism looks forward, post modernism brins it back borrowing from others to construct texts.

7. Narcisistic - fascination with oneself . vanity. the combination of narcissism and nihilism that really defines postmodernism.

8. An active audience - the meaning and the experience can only be created by the individual and cannot be make by an author or narrator.

10. Hyper-conscious - Aware of itself. this allows the text to dissolve that fourth wall and highlight the awareness of the medium it is playing with.