Margaret Atwood's collection of short "fictional essays ", The Tent and Moral Disorder, became essential texts which inspired the narrative voice of my postmodern narrator. ... Development of my own postmodern voice is crucial to my future progress hence I must attain a better understanding of my narrator and engage with various short stories of post-modern writers such as Lydia Davis from whom I hope to gain insight into metafictive elements of postmodern literature. I will establish my modernist voice through reading short stories by prominent modernists such as Virginia Woolf, T.S Elli...

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Haddon's uses of short, declarative statements effectively enable the audience to understand the relationship between Christopher and truth. ... The short and declarative statement "my mother died two years ago" is an example of Christopher's unconventional emotional detachment, and as Christopher highlights the story of his mother going to hospital with no emotion he merely discusses the likelihood of an aneurysm. ...

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Kurosawa's films often examines and delves into questions and topics such as subjectivity of truth and perception, which allowed his film to be in a format that is approachable on a universal scale and appeal; through his interest in these subjects, Kurosawa developed a unique style that told the story with new elements. This was not the only factor that proliferated his films in to Western cinema, his films often featured Western components and literature; such films as Throne of Blood and Ran features the story of Shakespeare's Macbeth and King Lear, essentially Kurosawa created ve...

• Word Count: 1037
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• Has Bibliography
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This animated bildungsroman (coming of age story, a story of where the character grows up) follows a sullen 10 year old girl, Chihiro, who while moving to a new neighborhood, becomes trapped in a spirit world where she is the only human. ... He establishes a sense of dislocation with the Australian people through the short, serrated visual imagery of "a crew cut, grey haired, department store clerk," however contrasts this with the serene imagery and soft rhyme of "watched stars and street lights come on" suggesting a happy peacefulness inside Feliks. ...

• Word Count: 1019
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• Grade Level: Graduate