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This document consists of the characters; background; storyline; narrative structure; stylistic technique of metafiction; themes; analysis of the fountain scene; motifs; symbols; the ending and sound of the film "Atonement". These notes were created based on the film "Atonement" and not on the novel

Postmodernism in LiteratureIrony, black humor, playfulness - correct answer Treat serious subjects in a playful and humorous way, often as commentary (ex: insensitivity about man squashed in elevator, page 9) Techno culture and Hyperreality - correct answer Simulations have replaced the real; often dealt with using characteristic irony and pastiche (ex: The Gutless Wonder) Metafiction - correct answer Writing about writing; making the artificiality of art or the fictionality of fiction app...

POSTMODERNISM, definition, general featuresPostmodernism: the term - correct answer - like 'modernism' or 'realism', 'postmodernism' can be used a) as a period term, and b) as a term designating a certain trend in literature and other media a) period from the 1960s to around 2000, or, as some say, to the present (i.e. not quite immediately following modernism, since the 1940s and l 950s showed a 'reaction against modernist experimentation' in poetry and fiction; cf. Rabinovitz 1967); th...

'Postmodernism Question and answers 2023/2024 verified to pass pastiche - correct answer Postmodern authors were certainly not the first to use irony and humor in their writing, but for many postmodern authors, these became the hallmarks of their style. Postmodern authors will often treat very serious subjects—World War II, the Cold War, conspiracy theories—from a position of distance and disconnect, and will choose to depict their histories ironically and humorously. Intertextuality ...

Postmodernism Postmodernism - correct answer aesthetic, cultural *metafiction* (narrative within narrative) *self-reflexivity* *blurring of boundaries* (no high & low culture) *sheer play and existential commitment* *pastiche* (Comic Mona Lisa) (pieces of art alluding to what came before, revisit old style vs. Modernism, reinvent everything) *linguistic scepticism/deconstruction* (poststructuralism: meaning collapsed, my pen is not your pen) Meaning = unstable Not just literature, als...

POSTMODERNISM, definition, general features Question and answers rated A+ 2023/2024Postmodernism: the term - correct answer - like 'modernism' or 'realism', 'postmodernism' can be used a) as a period term, and b) as a term designating a certain trend in literature and other media a) period from the 1960s to around 2000, or, as some say, to the present (i.e. not quite immediately following modernism, since the 1940s and l 950s showed a 'reaction against modernist experimentation' in poet...

Postmodernism Question and answers 2023/2024 verified to pass Postmodernism - correct answer aesthetic, cultural *metafiction* (narrative within narrative) *self-reflexivity* *blurring of boundaries* (no high & low culture) *sheer play and existential commitment* *pastiche* (Comic Mona Lisa) (pieces of art alluding to what came before, revisit old style vs. Modernism, reinvent everything) *linguistic scepticism/deconstruction* (poststructuralism: meaning collapsed, my pen is not your pe...

Postmodernism in Literature Question and answers rated A+ 2023/2024Irony, black humor, playfulness - correct answer Treat serious subjects in a playful and humorous way, often as commentary (ex: insensitivity about man squashed in elevator, page 9) Techno culture and Hyperreality - correct answer Simulations have replaced the real; often dealt with using characteristic irony and pastiche (ex: The Gutless Wonder) Metafiction - correct answer Writing about writing; making the artificiality ...

Arthur Miller - Answer- "The Death of a Salesman" depicted a man whose failure made him feel like an outcast. Alexander Pope - Answer- (1710-1728) "Rape of the Lock", "An Essay on Man", "The Dunciad" Classical Period - Answer- 1200bc - 455ce Forms: lyric poetry, greek drama (tragedy, comedy)(chorus, deus ex machina) Themes: life/death, morality, season changes, political commentary, satire, Greek mythology, Greek wars, Greek Gods, Roman life Homer (Greek) - Answer- The Iliad a...

This is a summary of The Life of Texts chapter 5, divided into clear sections. The most important terms are all included in this summary.