Postmodernism: Breakdown of Essay Topic Decision

Essay Focus- The Postmodern World of Baz Luhrmanns Moulin Rouge! Key Ideas of Discussion: -Death of the author (Mash- up) -Postmodern Nostalgia (Music, costume, setting) -Meta-Narrative (Play in play) -Intertextuality -The Avant-Garde (Appropriation through pastiche, bricolage) -Simulacrum Order of Discussion: -Introduction to essay -Short background/introduction to Moulin Rouge! -Postmodern Nostalgia (Link to previous through film known for songs) -Death of the author (Link to previous through music) -The Avant-Garde (Link to previous through appropriation of existing texts/the musical genre) -Intertextuality (Link through pastiche, bricolage, appropriation) -Simulacrum (Link through borrowing of ideas and creating own reality which doesnt exist) -Meta-Narrative (Link through creating of new reality-new reality of genre) -Conclusion

Rough Introduction to Essay

This assignment will analyse critically Baz Luhrmanns Moulin Rouge! (2001) in regards to the postmodern assumption that surrounds it. It focuses on postmodern themes from nostalgia, to death of the author and how they impact on the world of Moulin Rouge!. Sources that will lead the investigation include [ ] by [ ] which will aid

to define the key idea of postmodernism and M. Keith Bookers Postmodern Hollywood: What's New in Film and Why It Makes Us Feel So Strange (2007) to help in deducing key postmodern themes. The assignment will begin by summarising key points of Moulin Rouge! then defining and interpreting key terminology including postmodernism and metanarrative before moving on to examine how certain aspects of the film suggest it to be postmodern such as the storyline, musical score, and sets. To conclude, the assignment will strive to show the integral importance between the postmodernism of Moulin Rouge and the films complete world and reality.