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Modernism x Postmodernism, The Conventions

Modernism Postmodernism Adheres to Western hegemonic values Contests Western hegemonic values Focus on the writer Focus on the reader Focus on interiority Focus on exteriority Alienation Collective voices Unreliable narrator Ironic narrator Rejection of realism Ambivalence towards realism Literature is self-contained Literature is open and intertextual High-brow genres Mixing of high- and low-brow genres Rejection of literary conventions Parody of literary conventions Metafictional Metafictional Idiosyncratic language Simple language

Summary - Repetition and Difference

The Bridge, 9PM, Saturday Night, BBC Four. They’ve given us, to name only a few, the legendary Forbrydelsen ( The Killing) , Borgen , Bedrag ( Follow The Money ) – all Danish – and two distinctly different versions of the Swedish Wallander , a character we liked so much that the BBC’s made its own excellent version with Kenneth Branagh. First aired here in 2012, and quickly acquired a devoted following, just as it had back home. Two adaptations have since appeared: a Franco-British series, The Tunnel , just about to start its second series, and a recently cancelled version of The Bridge set on the US/Mexican border. The Bridge ’s unique appeal lies in its settings: the city of Malmö in southern Sweden and Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen, linked since 2002 by the Øresund Bridge. That impressive structure is a constant presence in the show, looming in the distance in misty daytime scenes or viewed from above at nigh...

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