V4 Post modernism

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This hour:

- quiz

- postmodernism part II: genres, writing styles, subjects

- Woots practice for grade 

"to take action to avoid something unpleasant happening"

The company are attempting to head ........ criticism of their recent poor performance by pointing out the difficult economic conditions worldwide.

1. through
2. off
3. back
4. out

"to ........ someone's mind at rest"
I tried to ........ her mind at rest that everything would be OK.

1. place
2. lay
3. set
4. put

Which one word fits all three sentences?
1. If someone has a ........ of cards I can show you a trick.
2. During the cruise we spent our days on ........ soaking up the sun.
3. My parents got me a tape ........ for my birthday

Change the word: "Hesitate" so it fits in the sentence:
The class were a bit ........ when the teacher asked them if they'd be happy to perform in the parade.

Literature assignment

Literature market; how will it take form?

Literature assignment

Each group will make:

Literature assignment

Each group will make:

- An interactive LessonUp

Literature assignment

Each group will make:

- An interactive LessonUp

- Should be 10 minutes long

- add costumes or posters or objects for creativity points

Postmodernism Part II

genres

writing styles

subjects

What do you remember about post-modernism from last week?

Postmodernism was

1. After the cold war
2. chaotic
3. Before WWII
4. very structured

Postmodernism: subjects, genres & writing styles

Postmodernism: subjects

-historical & political issues

Postmodernism: subjects

-historical & political issues

(e.g. WWII)

Postmodernism: subjects

-historical & political issues

(e.g. WWII)

- challenging authority

Postmodernism: subjects

-historical & political issues

(e.g. WWII)

- challenging authority

Postmodernism: subjects

-historical & political issues

(e.g. WWII)

- challenging authority

-the human psyche

Read the paragraph and try to put into your own words; what was postmodernism about?

After the series of human rights violations that occurred during and after World War II (including the Holocaust, the atomic bombings of Japan, and Japanese internment in the US), writers began to feel as if meaning was an impossible quest, and that the only way to move forward was to embrace meaninglessness fully.

Impossible

The norm

was shown in postmodern texts

Search for meaning is .....

Meaninglessness is .........

confusion in communication......

Postmodern authors tend to reject outright meanings in their novels, stories and poems, and, instead, highlight and celebrate the possibility of multiple meanings, or a complete lack of meaning, within a single literary work.

writing styles/characteristics

Postmodern literature is characterized by:

-  unreliable narration, self-reflexivity & intertextuality

Intertextuality can be seen as:

1. writing about writing
2. saying to the reader that a story was made up
3. a collage of other famous texts

Unreliable narration

Nick in The Great Gatsby

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Nick does not intentionally deceive the reader. However, his own opinions color the way he tells the story. He claims not to judge characters, but the way he describes them plainly indicates that he does judge them. 

What things were often written about in postmodern literature?

1. Historical events
2. authority
3. the human mind
4. political events

An Example

The book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas shows the blur between reality and fiction

01:17

characteristics post modernism in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas?