Postmodern metanarratives Blade Runner and literature in the age of image /
Postmodern Metanarratives investigates the relationship between cinema and literature by analyzing the film Blade Runner as a postmodern work that constitutes a landmark of cyberpunk narrative and establishes a link between tradition and the (post)modern.
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Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
Language: | English |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137439734 |
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Postmodern Metanarratives investigates the relationship between cinema and literature by analyzing the film Blade Runner as a postmodern work that constitutes a landmark of cyberpunk narrative and establishes a link between tradition and the (post)modern. |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9781137439727. |
Carrier Form: | 232 p. : 10 figures. |
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9781137439734 : 1137439734 : |
CLC: | J905 |
Contents: | Contents Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Introduction 1. On Words and Meanings: Contradictions of the Modern or Postmodern Contradictions? 2. Literature and film: A Brief Overview of Theory and Criticism 3. Blurring genres: Dissolving Literature and Film in Blade Runner 4. Revisiting the Biblical Tradition 5. Revisiting the Freudian Tradition 6. Collating the Postmodern Conclusion: Replicating Life and Art Works Cited Endnotes. |