This unit examines the debate about 'postmodernism' by considering key texts together with core theoretical readings. The unit addresses a short selection of writings on postmodernism as a multi-disciplinary cultural phenomenon with a view to defining alleged major characteristics, to re-examining the relationships between literary production and cultural formations, and to analysing particular works of literary fiction and popular culture. The unit introduces basic concepts and applies them to some postmodern authors. Then it turns to some manifestations of postmodernism in cinema and popular culture.
