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Warm-up –Answer these Essential Questions Explain the style of the Post- Modernist time period in literature. Name the genres of the Post- Modernists. What was happening in the U.S. during this period? (think historical events) Name two works from this period. Name two authors from this period.

Time Periods of Literature Lesson 42 Post- Modernism 1946-Present

Georgia Performance Standard ELAALRL3: The student deepens understanding of literary works by relating them to their contemporary context or historical background, as well as to works from other time periods. b. The student relates a literary work to the characteristics of the literary time period or historical setting: v. Postmodernism

Genre & Style of the Postmodernism Period mixing of fantasy with nonfiction; blurs lines of reality for reader social issues as writers align with feminist & ethnic groups metafiction usually humorless narratives, essays, poems, short stories, novels present tense concern with individual in isolation no heroes – later, antiheroes magic realism

Historical Context of Modernism Post World War II (WWII) prosperity Dawn of the nuclear age & Cold War with Soviet Union Korean War and Vietnam War Civil Rights protests/riots/gains Women’s Liberation Movement Watergate scandal Explosive suburban growth Media culture interprets values People beginning a new century and a new millennium

Notable Writers John Updike (b.1932) Truman Capote Robert Lowell (1917-1977) Theodore Roethke (1908-1963) Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989) Arthur Miller – Playwright (The Crucible) Others

These and others prove that America’s strength lies in its diversity. Rainbow of Writers African American – Rita Dove (Poet), Toni Morrison, Alice Walker Native American – N. Scot Momaday (Essayist), Joy Harjo, Asian American – Maxine Hong Kingston (Chinese), Naoomi Shibab (Arab American) Latino – Martin Espada (lawyer) These and others prove that America’s strength lies in its diversity.

Truman Capote (1924-1984) Wrote short stories, novels, and screenplays Novel: In Cold Blood (fictional novel based on a real event Novella: Breakfast at Tiffany’s

J.D. Salinger (1902-1968) Novel: Catcher in the Rye Themes of teenage confusion, angst, sexuality, alienation, and rebellion The novel's protagonist and antihero, Holden Caulfield, has become an icon for teenage rebellion.

Alex Haley (1921-1992) Ghostwriter for The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965) Wrote Roots and won Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award for it There is some controversy that parts of Roots are inaccurate.

Nobel Prize for Literature 1993 Toni Morrison Nobel Prize for Literature 1993

Click on picture to start video segment (5:11) Toni Morrison on the Purpose of African American Literature

Carson McCullers Born and raised in Columbus, Georgia Married and moved at 17 Hard life because of physical problems that started in her 30’s

Rachel Carson wrote the book, Silent Spring, which spurred the environmental protection movement

Georgia Performance Standard ELAALRL3: The student deepens understanding of literary works by relating them to their contemporary context or historical background, as well as to works from other time periods. b. The student relates a literary work to the characteristics of the literary time period or historical setting: v. Postmodernism

Warm-up –Answer these Essential Questions Explain the style of the Post- Modernist time period in literature. Name the genres of the Post-Modernists. What was happening in the U.S. during this period? Name two works from this period. Name two authors from this period.

Explain the style of the Post- Modernist time period in literature. Mixing of fantasy with nonfiction; blurs lines of reality for reader Present tense No heroes, then later, antiheroes Social issues as writers align with feminist & ethnic groups Usually humorless Concern with individual in isolation Magic realism

narratives essays poems short stories novels 2. Name the genres of the Postmodernists. narratives essays poems short stories novels

3. What was happening in the U.S. during this period? Post World War II (WWII) prosperity Dawn of the nuclear age & Cold War with Soviet Union Korean War and Vietnam War Civil Rights protests/riots/gains Women’s Liberation Movement Watergate scandal Explosive suburban growth media culture interprets values People beginning a new century and a new millennium

4. Name some works from this period. Possibly… In Cold Blood Silent Spring The Crucible The Color Purple Garbage Roots The Autobiography of Malcolm X Catcher in the Rye Breakfast at Tiffany’s

5. Name some authors from this period. Possible answers: Carson McCullers, John Updike, Flannery O’Connor, Truman Capote, Scott Momaday, Barry Lopez, Theodore Roethke, Elizabeth Bishop, A.R. Ammons, Rita Dove, Maxine Hong Kingston, Martin Espada, J.D. Sallinger, Alex Haley, Rachel Carson, Flannery O’Connor, Robert Lowell, Robert Penn Warren, Arthur Miller, Toni Morrison, etc.

Colonial/Revolutionary/National Romanticism Transcendentalism Realism We have studied all of these time periods below. Which one is most appealing to you and why? Write a paragraph with a topic sentence supporting details, and concluding sentence. Native American Colonial/Revolutionary/National Romanticism Transcendentalism Realism Naturalism Modernism (including Harlem Renaissance) Postmodernism