Postmodern Metanarratives : Blade Runner and Literature in the Age of Image

Postmodern Metanarratives investigates the relationship between cinema and literature by analyzing the film Blade Runner as a postmodern work that constitutes a landmark of cyberpunk narrative and establishes a link between tradition and the (post)modern. Postmodern Metanarratives Investigates The Relationship Between Cinema And Literature. Torres Cruz Studies The History Of Blade Runner And Examines Scott's Cyberpunk Narrative By Establishing A Link Between Tradition And The (post)modern In A Collage Of Several Literary Texts. The Modern Hero Is Confronted With The Epic Hero Through The Biblical Epic Works Of Dante, Milton And Blake, And The Film's References To Sophocles' Oedipus Rex And Hoffman's The Sandman Are Analyzed From A Psychoanalytical Perspective. The (post)modern References In The Film Are Compared To Works Of Dick, Burroughs, Nourse And Huxley, And To The Literary Sequels Of Scott's Film In Jeter's Novels. The Book Also Explores How Blade Runner Reflects Media's Ubiquitous Power In Postmodern Society And Deconstructs The Fake/real And Original/copy Dualities. 1. On Words And Meanings: Contradictions Of The Modern Or Postmodern Contradictions? -- 2. Literature And Film: A Brief Overview Of Theory And Criticism -- 3. Blurring Genres: Dissolving Literature And Film In Blade Runner -- 4. Revisiting The Biblical Tradition -- 5. Revisiting The Freudian Tradition -- 6. Collating The Postmodern -- Conclusion: Replicating Life And Art -- Works Cited -- Endnotes. Décio Torres Cruz. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 194-212) And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-ix Introduction....Pages 1-8 On Words and Meanings: Contradictions of the Modern or Postmodern Contradictions?....Pages 9-37 Literature and Film: A Brief Overview of Theory and Criticism....Pages 38-49 Blurring Genres: Dissolving Literature and Film in Blade Runner....Pages 50-59 Revisiting the Biblical Tradition: Dante, Blake and Milton in Blade Runner....Pages 60-75 Revisiting the Psychoanalytical Tradition....Pages 76-88 Collating the Postmodern....Pages 89-107 When Differences Fall Apart....Pages 108-120 From Conception to Inception: A Never-Ending Story....Pages 121-131 Deleted and Alternate Scenes in BR....Pages 132-144 The Workprint....Pages 145-152 Postmodern Renaissance: The Final Cut and the Rebirth of a Classic 25 Years Later....Pages 153-162 Recycling Media: Blade Runner to Be Continued....Pages 163-182 Conclusion: Replicating Life and Art....Pages 183-190 Back Matter....Pages 191-218 Cover 1 Half-Title 2 Title 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 Contents 8 List of Illustrations 9 Acknowledgments 10 Introduction 11 1 On Words and Meanings: Contradictions of the Modern or Postmodern Contradictions? 19 2 Literature and Film: A Brief Overview of Theory and Criticism 48 3 Blurring Genres: Dissolving Literature and Film in Blade Runner 60 4 Revisiting the Biblical Tradition: Dante, Blake and Milton in Blade Runner 70 5 Revisiting the Psychoanalytical Tradition 86 6 Collating the Postmodern 99 7 When Differences Fall Apart 118 8 From Conception to Inception: A Never-Ending Story 131 9 Deleted and Alternate Scenes in BR 142 10 The Workprint 155 11 Postmodern Renaissance: The Final Cut and the Rebirth of a Classic 25 Years Later 163 12 Recycling Media: Blade Runner to Be Continued 173 Conclusion: Replicating Life and Art 193 Notes 201 Works Cited 204 Index 223