Post-Modern
1950-Present
Characteristics
- Really started up to become popular in the late 1960's
- Qualification for modern books can be pretty flexible
- The cornerstone of post-modernism is essentially life, art, reality, and imagination
- Most post-modernism novels are written about quest to find ones self, and where your place is in the world
Quotes
Don DeLillo- "You need to know things the others don't know. It's what no one knows about you hat allows you to know yourself." (From: Point Omega)
Bret Ellis- "The better you look, the more you see." (From: Glamorama)
David Wallace- "The truth will set you free. But until it is finished with you."
(From: Infinite Jet)
Don DeLillo
- American author best known for his novels
- Earned a national book award
David Foster Wallace
- Known for his comedy, brilliance and humaneness
- Earned a whiting writer award and national magazine award
Bret Easton Ellis
- Wrote fiction and satire
- His characters are young and vacuous people