Modernism
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Postmodernism
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Adheres to Western hegemonic values
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Contests Western hegemonic values
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Focus on the writer
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Focus on the reader
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Focus on interiority
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Focus on exteriority
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Alienation
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Collective voices
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Unreliable narrator
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Ironic narrator
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Rejection of realism
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Ambivalence towards realism
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Literature is self-contained
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Literature is open and intertextual
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High-brow genres
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Mixing of high- and low-brow genres
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Rejection of literary conventions
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Parody of literary conventions
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Metafictional
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Metafictional
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Idiosyncratic language
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Simple language
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Recurring Situations - Murder and attempted murder/ Terrorist plot/ Countdown to destruction/ Examining CCTV footage Police car chase/ Photofit/ Timely rescue Car search/ Clear the building / Confronting the suspect. Detective stands alone. Elements of the Narrative - Investigative narrative Clear disruption of equilibrium (Todorov) Closure of some narrative strands with some resolution Surreal elements (Martin’s vision of Jens) Driven by binary opposites e.g. cops v criminals, personal v professional Style - Chiaroscuro lighting – effect of duality or bars (imprisonment). Low key. Closed frames - entrapment Desaturated/grey/khaki colour palette – bleak Soundtrack – eerie, echoing. Windows and reflections – themes of appearance v reality Iconography - Police uniforms, cars, flashing lights and sirens Technology- PCs/mobile phones/ evidence bags Clues (e.g. lapel pin)/ handcuffs/ poison / gun / alibis – dates, times/jargon Setting...
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