>===== Original Message From Film and TV Studies Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> ===== >>The postmodern subject is, by its own definition, eclectic, a pastische >>(reworkings of old cultures and social backgrounds) and, more importantly, >>undefinable. > >if this is the case, isn't "postmodern subject" an oxymoron? > Given the above definition: absolutely. However, the postmodern subject is not "undefinable" -- perception requires us to place definitions upon everything we attempt to conceive, so to declare that something defies definition is akin to declaring a celebration for ignorance ("ignorance is bliss"). The problem of the postmodern subject is that it is indeed definable, on many levels and in many ways: if anything, it is multiply defined and perhaps then seems "undefinable" in the sense that it is more gray than black, white, red, yellow,.... Carol =================================== Carol L. Robinson, Ph.D. Kent State University - Trumbull 4314 Mahoning Ave., NW Warren, OH 44483 PHONE: (330)-675-8949 FAX: (330)-675-6610 WEB: http://faculty.trumbull.kent.edu/robinsoc/ "Literature, or written language in general, was not the companion of speech, but its opponent, because it belonged to the open world of light, space and the eye, not the closed world of sound, time and the ear. We needed to break out of the ancient prison-house of speech and one-dimensional temporality, and disport ourselves in the multi-dimensional spaces of writing or 'textual productivity' instead." -- Jonathan Rée. I SEE A VOICE: DEAFNESS, LANGUAGE AND THE SENSES (1999) ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]