8) 1970s and the rise of Postmodernism

Question 1

Describe Postmodernism

Answer 1

origins in architecture- response to the modernist movement, the international style, in theory post-structuralism, deconstruction, critical theory

Question 1

Hunter S. Thompson

Answer 1

Hell´s Angels, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Question 2

What is Gonzo journalism?

Answer 2

a style that does not claim to be objective, the journalist is a part of the story, Hunter S. Thompson

Question 3

Thomas Pynchon

Answer 3

V., The Crying of Lot 49, Gravity´s Rainbow

Question 4

Joseph Heller

Answer 4

Catch-22, Something Happened, Good as Gold, God Knows, Portrait of an Artist as an Old Man

Question 5

Which book is a satire on war and absurdity of the bureaucratic system?

Answer 5

Catch-22

Question 6

Which book is about exploration of the Jewish identity, written by the Biblical King David on his deathbed?

Answer 6

God Knows

Question 7

Which book is a satire on te U.S. government?

Answer 7

Good as Gold

Question 8

In which book we can find stream of consciousness, darker topics and insanity?

Answer 8

Something Happened

Question 9

Stephen King

Answer 9

The Shining, Cujo, Dreamcatcher

Question 10

Toni Morrison

Answer 10

The Bluest Eyes, Song of Solomon, Beloved

Question 11

Which author investigated the topic of slavery and its legacy in modern day America?

Answer 11

Toni Morrison

Question 12

William Styron

Answer 12

Lie Down in Darkness, The Confessions of Nat Turner, Sophie´s Choice, Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness

Question 13

Norman Mailer

Answer 13

The Executioner´s Song, The Naked and the Dead, An American Dream

Question 14

Which book is about author´s own experience of war in the Philippines?

Answer 14

The Naked and the Dead

Question 15

E.L. Doctorow

Answer 15

Ragtime, Billy Bathgate, The March

Question 16

Elmore Leonard

Answer 16

Hombore, Get Shorty, Riding the Rap

Question 17

Which author wrote mainly historical fiction?

Answer 17

E. L. Doctorow

Question 18

Kurt Vonnegut

Answer 18

Slaughterhouse no.5, Breakfast of Champions, Slapstick

Question 19

Hell´s Angels, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Answer 19

Hunter S. Thompson

Question 20

V., The Crying of Lot 49, Gravity´s Rainbow

Answer 20

Thomas Pynchon

Question 21

Catch-22, Something Happened, Good as Gold, God Knows, Portrait of an Artist as an Old Man

Answer 21

Joseph Heller

Question 22

The Shining, Cujo, Dreamcatcher

Answer 22

Stephen King

Question 23

The Bluest Eyes, Song of Solomon, Beloved

Answer 23

Toni Morrison

Question 24

Lie Down in Darkness, The Confessions of Nat Turner, Sophie´s Choice, Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness

Answer 24

William Styron

Question 25

The Executioner´s Song, The Naked and the Dead, An American Dream

Answer 25

Norman Mailer

Question 26

Ragtime, Billy Bathgate, The March

Answer 26

E.L. Doctorow

Question 27

Hombore, Get Shorty, Riding the Rap

Answer 27

Elmore Leonard

Question 28

Slaughterhouse no.5, Breakfast of Champions, Slapstick

Answer 28

Kurt Vonnegut