Primary Language | en |
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Subjects | Art |
Journal Section | Features |
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Dates | Publication Date : May 3, 2019 |
Primary Language | en |
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Subjects | Art |
Journal Section | Features |
Authors |
Author: Sibel ÇELİK NORMAN (Primary Author) |
Dates | Publication Date : May 3, 2019 |
The essay addresses the problem of locating postmodernism meaningfully within contemporary developments in film theory. The argument is tripartite: the semantic confusion surrounding the definition of the term postmodernism is delineated; discursive parameters are established in terms of a representative body of cinematic works matched against a set of stylistic and structural elements characteristic of the postmodern aesthetic; the findings of this analysis are used to construct a hypothesis that postmodernism in film constitutes a generic critical category or cinematic genre coordinate in many respects to film noir, the theoretical status of which is similarly contentious.
Film theory, postmodernism, semantics, aesthetic, genre