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Postmodern Metanarratives

Blade Runner and Literature in the Age of Image

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Introduction

    • Décio Torres Cruz
    Pages 1-8
  3. Revisiting the Psychoanalytical Tradition

    • Décio Torres Cruz
    Pages 76-88
  4. Collating the Postmodern

    • Décio Torres Cruz
    Pages 89-107
  5. When Differences Fall Apart

    • Décio Torres Cruz
    Pages 108-120
  6. From Conception to Inception: A Never-Ending Story

    • Décio Torres Cruz
    Pages 121-131
  7. Deleted and Alternate Scenes in BR

    • Décio Torres Cruz
    Pages 132-144
  8. The Workprint

    • Décio Torres Cruz
    Pages 145-152
  9. Recycling Media: Blade Runner to Be Continued

    • Décio Torres Cruz
    Pages 163-182
  10. Conclusion: Replicating Life and Art

    • Décio Torres Cruz
    Pages 183-190
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 191-218

About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil

    Décio Torres Cruz

  • Universidade do Estado da Bahia, Brazil

    Décio Torres Cruz

About the author

Décio Torres Cruz holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from SUNY Buffalo, USA. He did post-doctoral research on film adaptations of Shakespeare's works at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK, and now teaches Literatures in English at UFBA and UNEB in Brazil. He has written several books and sits on a number of journal editorial boards.

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