How to spot a Postmodern Text POST MODERN ELEMENTS EXAMPLES Hypereality Proposed by the philosopher Jean Baudrillard, hypereality is the shift from texts that reflect an external reality to reflecting one in which reality is false or exaggerated. A reality which is based on a reality which is not real. Dystopian Narratives Narratives become dystopian or negative, downbeat. Often the "bad" guys win or everyone dies. Often these texts suggest a lack of hope in the future (also includes flattening of effect) Voyeurism/ Panopticanisation/ Scopophillia Texts that are obsessed by the process of looking at others or the process of looking. These films suggest a society dependent upon the visual consumption of others. People change behaviour when they know they are being watched (panopticanisation)