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Demetra

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Hey everyone...PLEASE if any of u can help me with Dead White Males i will b very greatful and i will help u with wot u need as well! i hav an assessment and the question is:

Is this text postmodern or does it challenge notions of postmernism?
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check back in the pomo notes thread
 

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it play itself definitely exhibits postmodern elements. the opening scene for instance is a dramatic encounter between swain of modern times and shakespeare who lived 400 years ago. williamson has also adapted parts of 'as you like it' into his play as a means of blurring the distinction between genre types, dismantling established values of texts and achieving a very pomo effect. however, the play also challenges post-structuralist values which, by claiming that there is no human nature and everyone is but a social construct with no absolute benchmark or truth of reality, alligns itself with postmodern thinking. overall, i suppose we can conclude that the play uses pomo techniques to challenge pomo thinking, because it stands that the values of the play are quite conservative.
 

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