American Literature: Into the 1980s Video

Video title: Into The Eighties

Watch this History of American Literature after World War 2 video entitled Power and Alienation to the 1980s to study how the outcome of World War 2 affected the sensibilities of American writers and artists, and the implications of America's new, post-war image. Gain insight to themes explored by pre-eminent novelists, playwrights, and poets of this period, and understand how works by minorities challenged traditional views.

With this title you will gain an insight into themes explored by preeminent novelists, playwrights and poets of this period, and understand how works by minorities challenged traditional views.

 

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American Literature: Into the 1980s Video. Learning Objectives for this video:

  • 1980s Literature. Learn about American Literature into The Eighties. Examine the poetry and prose published during the forty-year period that followed World War 2. Human Rights and social responsibility were more prominent than ever before with pre-eminent writers challenging traditional views.
  • Examine how accelerating technological changes and increasing public advocacy of human rights and social responsibility shaped the literary works during this period.
  • Learn how literary works combining fictional material with personal experiences and other factual accounts, such as those by Norman Mailer, reflect a focus on realism and the relationship between an individual and society.
  • The outcome of World War 2 affected the sensibilities of American writers and artists, fully examining the implications of America-s new post-war image. This led to themes being explored by pre-eminent novelists, playwrights, and poets of this period, and understanding how works by minorities challenged traditional views.
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