introduction
the time range of postmodernism
1950-present
the date of the terrorist attacks at nyc and washington dc (month-day-year format)
september 11, 2001
a lack of consistency embraced by postmodernism
randomness
free space
the most popular pop artist of the postmodern era
andy warhol
the era of literature before postmodernism
modernism
the president assassinated during the postmodern era
john f. kennedy
the idea of a novel acknowledging itself
self-reference/meta
wrote anti-war novel "slaughterhouse 5" (1969)
kurt vonnegut
a minecraft movie (2025)
the definition of individual isolation
being separated by society/others
the two major wars that happened in the first half of the postmodern era
vietnam, korean
referencing another thing in a humorous way
parody
the author of "the underworld" (1997) during the nixon era
don delillo
four of the six music artists listen in the music slide
elvis presley, chuck berry, james brown, etta james, michael jackson, madonna
2 of the 5 social issues brought up in postmodern literature
identity/race, gender, consumerism, power/control, violence
this discrimination increased after the 9/11 attacks
muslim discrimination
writing "in dialogue" with other texts as a form of collage-style writing
intertextuality
the author who was born in 1906
samuel beckett
the most popular movie of 2000
how the grinch stole christmas (2000)
another name for the era
the time in years that the korean war lasted
3 years
cutting from one scene to a drastically different scene
fragmentation
the author who died in 2024
john barth
the most popular car model of 2000-2015
ford focus (2010)