1. 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.

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. Notable Writers John Updike (b.1932) Truman Capote
Robert Lowell ( )
Theodore Roethke ( )
Robert Penn Warren ( )
Arthur Miller – Playwright (The Crucible)
Others

7. 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.

8. 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

9. 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.

10. Alex Haley ( )
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.

11. Nobel Prize for Literature 1993
Toni Morrison
Nobel Prize for Literature 1993

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

13. 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

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

15. 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

16. 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.

17. 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

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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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.

22. 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