Postmodern Literature Teaching Resources

Some teaching resources:

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This is the outline of my introductory lesson and PowerPoint on postmodernism and the arts (again with borrowing from Steve and Mary Ann).
Postmodernism and the arts lesson

Postmodernism and the arts PowerPoint

Here is my lesson plan for postmodern literature. The handout mentioned in the plan is posted below the lesson outline.
Postmodern literature lesson

Postmodern literature handout

I am also posting here a clip from the movie Maverick that I use in class; there is a copy of the DVD in the library.
Maverick clip


Some links that may be of use:


Milan Kundera

Milan Kundera

The Big Web Site about Milan Kundera www.artobello.de/Kundera/Biography/biography.html

Milan Kundera New York Times Book Reviews www.nytimes.com/books/98/05/17/specials/kundera.html

Anti-Agency: The Rhetorical Situation, Guilt, and the Power of Laughter in the Novels of Milan Kundera by Alan Taylor www.uta.edu/english/apt/homepage/papers/kundera.html

List of Works, Prague Info, And More www.georgetown.edu/irvinemj/english016/kundera/kundera.html

Gabriel Marquez

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The Modern Word: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
www.themodernword.com/gabo/

The Nobel Prize Internet Archive
http://almaz.com/nobel/literature/1982a.html

Garcia Marquez' Labyrinth: A Biographical Site www.proseworld.com/marquez.html

Biographical and Critical Commentary www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/hasrg/german/exhibit/GDRposters/marquez.html

John Barth

John Barth

Dave Edelman site on John Barth: Biographical info, Works by Barth, and Criticism. http://dave.edelman.home.att.net/barth/resources.html

New York Times Book Reviews of Barth www.nytimes.com/books/98/06/21/specials/barth.html

Postmodernism Information

Postmodernism: Definitions and Criticism www.as.ua.edu/ant/Faculty/murphy/436/pomo.htm

A Theological Perspective of Postmodernism www.crosscurrents.org/adams.htm

Postmodernism: rearranging the furniture of the universe, by: Fayaz Chagani
www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/9095/postmodernism.html

Contemporary Philosophy, Critical Theory, and Postmodern Thought: information about well known postmodern thinkershttp://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/postmodern.html
Download a clip from Postmodern Composer John Cage.

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