Superficial stereotypes outlets after they Poetry, short stories revealed to be complex move north and novels of Hurston characters and Hughes Their Eyes Were Watching God Mixing of fantasy with Erodes distinctions between Post-World War II Mailer's POSTMODERNISM The Naked nonfiction; blurs lines of classes of people prosperity and and the Dead The reality for reader 1950 to present Executioner's Song Insists that values are not Media culture No heroes permanent but only "local" or interprets values Feminist & Social Note: Many critics extend this "historical" Issue poets: Plath, to present and with Rich, Sexton, Contemporary -- see below) Concern with individual in Levertov, Baraka, isolation Cleaver, Morrison, Walker & Giovanni Social issues as writers align with feminist & Miller's ethnic groups The of a & Salesman The (some Crucible Usually humorless consider Modern) Narratives Lawrence & Lee's Inherit the Wind Metafiction Capote's In Cold Blood Present Stories & novels of realism Vonnegut Salinger's Catcher in the Rye
Superficial stereotypes revealed to be complex characters outlets after they move north Poetry, short stories and novels of Hurston and Hughes Their Eyes Were Watching God POSTMODERNISM 1950 to present Note: Many critics extend this to present and with Contemporary -- see below) Mixing of fantasy with nonfiction; blurs lines of reality for reader No heroes Concern with individual in isolation Social issues as writers align with feminist & ethnic groups Usually humorless Narratives Metafiction Present realism Erodes distinctions between classes of people Insists that values are not permanent but only "local" or "historical" Post-World War II prosperity Media culture interprets values Mailer's The Naked and the Dead and The Executioner's Song Feminist & Social Issue poets: Plath, Rich, Sexton, Levertov, Baraka, Cleaver, Morrison, Walker & Giovanni Miller's The of a Salesman & The Crucible (some consider Modern) Lawrence & Lee's Inherit the Wind Capote's In Cold Blood Stories & novels of Vonnegut Salinger's Catcher in the Rye
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