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Did Lyotard's discourse ever involve film?

  • Yes

  • No

  • Only in relation to modern art

  • Only in relation to postmodern art

Answer

Yes, Lyotard's discourse involved film. He analyzed the postmodern nature of cinema and its role in questioning the traditional notions of representation, narrative, and truth. Lyotard argued that film, like other postmodern discourses, subverted grand narratives and embraced decentralization, heterogeneity, and indeterminacy, challenging the dominant modes of understanding and interpretation in the postmodern era.
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