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British Literature through Time
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1980-Present
Content:
*
concern with connections between
people
* exploring interpretations of the past
* open-mindedness and
courage that comes from being an outsider
* escaping those ways of
living that blind and dull the human spirit
Genres/Styles:
* all genres represented
* fictional confessional/diaries
50% of contemporary fiction is written
in the first person
*narratives: both fiction and nonfiction
*emotion-provoking
*humorous irony
*storytelling emphasized
*autobiographical essays
* mixing of fantasy with
nonfiction; blurs lines of reality for reader
Effect:
* too soon to tell
Historical
Context:
* a world growing smaller due to ease of
communications between societies
* a world launching a new beginning of a
century and a millennium
* media culture interprets values and events
for individuals
Key Literature/Authors:
Seamus Heaney, Doris Lessing, Louis de Bernieres, Kazuo Ishiguro, Tom
Stoppard, Salman Rushdie. John Le Carre, Ken Follett
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