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Postmodern Literature
Kind of Activity:
Research
Objective:
In groups, students will research and report on the history and defining characteristics of postmodern literature.
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.10, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.11-12.7
Structure:
About halfway through our study of Infinite Jest, we have encountered the notion of postmodern literature several times. Postmodernism can, initially, be a difficult literary movement to comprehend. For this activity, students will in groups prepare a short research paper on the history of postmodernism, its stylistic traits, and discuss seminal examples of the movement....
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