Alienation Literature

Alienation Literature. Learning Objectives for this video:

• Alienation Literature. Learn about American Literature and Power and Alienation. 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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