Postmodern literature The term Postmodern literature is used to describe certain tendencies in post-World War II literature. It is both a continuation of the experimentation championed by writers of the modernist period (relying heavily‚ for example‚ on fragmentation‚ paradox‚ questionable narrators‚ etc.) and a reaction against Enlightenment ideas implicit in Modernist literature. Postmodern literature‚ like postmodernism as a whole‚ is difficult to define and there is little agreement on the
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written by producer and director Alasdair McMillan‚ focuses on Police Procedural within The Wire‚ an HBO series created by David Simons. The reading consists of multiple points that are stretched across the chapter‚ employing the beliefs of Plato‚ Foucault‚ and Simons. One consistent argument McMillan explains thoroughly throughout the text is how the institutions sway a character’s motives. These institutions are also what create police procedural and the actions of the officers within the show. The
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state prisons already are stuffed with a third more inmates than they were built to house” (Clash‚ 2007‚ p.66). Prisons that were built years ago are not capable of housing the many inmates that are being sent to prison today. “The population in carceral establishments has increased considerably in the past twenty years‚ in both Canada and the United States” (Landreville‚ 1995). Most states are addressing increased incarceration rates by building bigger prisons. However‚ “the more money a state
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introduced a new style and various techniques to the filmmaking industry. In the film Breathless‚ a young man Michel Poiccard constructs himself after Humphrey Bogart. “The remarkable thing about the film is not just its simple story but its Bogartesque character: brazen‚ charming‚ free‚ refusing to warp emotions into words or conduct in laws” (Kawin and Mast 412). Throughout the film‚ Michel is seen doing various what we would call today to be normal in character in that he personifies an antagonist
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branded an auteur can have. The paper would have formed a discussion on how being branded an auteur early in a filmmakers career can end up inadvertently damaging their product. The dissertation would have utilised case studies on directors such as Michel Gondry‚ Wes Anderson and M. Night Shyamalan to form the basis for an argument on the view that the directors films are so highly praised for aspects of cinematography and narrative that‚ in later projects‚ revert to conforming to what they believe
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focuses on the construction of identity. New historicism tries to find out how power has worked to suppress or marginalize rival stories and discourses. Stephen Greenblatt‚ the most prominent new historicist‚ consigns Foucault to footnotes and gives him a marginal position‚ yet Foucault is everywhere in his work‚ as he is concerned with the analysis of discourse‚ the role of discourse in determining subject positions‚ the relationship between power‚ knowledge and subversion‚ the wide dispersion of texts
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through the pre-determined and complementary notion that is followed by the society and individuals. The authorities adopt effective measures like sovereignty‚ duty‚ contract‚ and rights to effectively function the concept of the government. As per Foucault‚ judicial power mainly concentrates on using the power on individuals. This is executed with the help of two types of power namely biopolitics and biopower (Flew T‚ n.d.). In bio-politics method the problem related to politics and scientific are
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Journal of Health and Social Behavior http://hsb.sagepub.com/ The Social Construction of Illness : Key Insights and Policy Implications Peter Conrad and Kristin K. Barker Journal of Health and Social Behavior 2010 51: S67 DOI: 10.1177/0022146510383495 The online version of this article can be found at: http://hsb.sagepub.com/content/51/1_suppl/S67 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: American Sociological Association Additional services and information for Journal
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uncontrolled streets in the city‚ not in artificial studio sets built for filming. As A bout de soufflé was filmed in famous locations in Paris such as the Champs Elysées‚ uncountable number of ordinary people appear in the film. They look back at Michel Poiccard (Jean-Paul Belmondo) and Patricia Franchini (Jean Seberg) with curiosity in their faces‚ some even stare directly at the camera‚ or some cut in front of the camera. All these things blur the border between the reality and the diegesis‚ making
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and Regionalization.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 74 Critical Notes: Foucault on Timing and Spacing
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