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‭‘Postmodernism is a cultural movement that distrusts all established philosophies and‬

‭frequently experiments with the medium it is presented in.’ (Giles Gough, EMC 2020)‬

‭ .‬ ‭What‬ ‭does‬ ‭the‬ ‭article‬ ‭identify‬ ‭as‬ ‭some‬ ‭of‬ ‭the‬ ‭key‬ ‭features‬ ‭of‬ ‭modernism?‬ ‭What‬ ‭about‬
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‭postmodernism? What does it identify as the difference between the two?‬

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‭ . What key challenge did Roland Barthes’ ‘Death of the Author’ bring to traditional ideas about‬
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‭texts, particularly in terms of the reader/viewer?‬

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‭ . How does the article identify metatextuality? What aspects of metatextuality does it identify in‬
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‭the film,‬‭I, Tonya‬‭?‬

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‭ . What is metatextuality’s significance for postmodernism, particularly in relation to ideas found‬


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‭in Jean Francois Lyotard’s‬‭The Postmodern Condition‬‭?‬

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‭ .‬ ‭Later,‬ ‭the‬ ‭article‬ ‭(unprinted)‬ ‭mentions‬ ‭three‬ ‭films‬ ‭that‬ ‭explore‬ ‭postmodern‬ ‭anxieties‬ ‭about‬
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‭what‬‭is‬‭‘real’‬‭and‬‭what‬‭is‬‭not:‬‭The‬‭Truman‬‭Show‬‭;‬‭The‬‭Matrix‬‭;‬‭Inception‬‭.‬‭If‬‭you‬‭have‬‭seen‬‭any‬‭of‬
‭these‬‭films,‬‭think‬‭about‬‭what‬‭they‬‭have‬‭to‬‭say‬‭about‬‭the‬‭nature‬‭of‬‭reality.‬‭In‬‭what‬‭ways‬‭are‬‭they‬
‭relevant films for the age we live in?‬

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