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End of World War ll
When World War ll ended people saw it as an end to Modernism and the early start to Postmodernism. -
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Postmodern Literature 1945-Present
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The Cold War
A nuclear missile stand off between the United States and Russia. -
Postmodern First Used
Arnold J. Toynbee publishes "A Study of History" with the first use of the Postmodern term. -
Recognition of the new Postmodern Literature Age
Charles Olson welcomes in the Postmodern Literature period in "The Present is Prologue". -
Vladimir Nabokov "Lolita"
One of the most important authors to contribute to the Postmodern period Vladmir Nabokov just published "Lolita" a controversial classic. -
William S. Burroughs "The Naked Lunch"
Another important author of the Postmodern period published a controversial novel "The Naked Lunch" that was the subject of a trial. Even though the version he published was censored, but the uncensored version was published in 1962. -
Thomas Pynchon "The Crying of Lot 49"
"The Crying of Lot 49" is a classic Postmodern novel, but seen by most as a Postmodernism parody. -
Kurt Vonnegut "Slaughterhouse-Five"
Kurt Vonnegut, another big influential author of the Postmodern period published "Slaughterhouse-Five". A big counterculture success. -
A Blessing Outside Us by Hilda Morley
This was her first published collection of 63 selected poetry, as most of them were about her deceased husband Stefan Wolpe. -
Italo Calvino "If on a Winter's Night a Traveler"
This was a novel that was most popular within schools, because people thought that the book used experimental fiction. Also that it was a great way to get students to think about narrative structure. -
Cloud Nine
A wicked comic and compassionate study of sexual politics glimpses of the relationships of a family and their lovers. -
Harold Pinter "The Homecoming"
The stories are about issues as religious essentialism, the boundary between realism, fiction, and the migrant condition. -
Denial of History
Francis Fukuyama thought there was an end to writing about history. He said,“that the decline of socialism in former Russia has become a thing of the past. There is no history; there is no alternative to capitalism”. -
Berlin Wall falls
The Berlin Wall fell, which symbolized soviet control. A major event that confirmed the end of the Cold War. -
Is Postmodernism dead???
Raymond Federman thinks that the Postmodern period died with Samuel Beckett in 1989. -
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
A popular Postmodern film of the 21st century. -
Requiem by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Requiem was a poem on the back of a series of short story essays called "A Man Without a Country". It is about how the Earth will feel after it is destroyed by humans not caring for it. -
Inception
A very popular Postmodern film. -
Susan Howe "New Directions"
Susan Howe a famous poet of the Postmodern period published a collection of poetry in 2017. It later received the 2018 Griffin International Poetry Prize.
