CH 16: CONTEMPORARY WORLD LITERATURE

Question 1

World Literature

Answer 1

includes works from minority authors or authors from different countries around the world, with a unique historical perspective

Question 2

Characteristics

Answer 2

• often uses first-person point-of-view
• it is literature that seeks to show a variety of perspectives
• within each broad genre, there are many sub-genres
• Often uses the Memoir sub-genre: explains someone’s experience of an event or time period
• Post-colonialism: shows events and settings from the perspective of minorities, oppressed peoples, and non-westerners
• Feminism: seeks to give women a voice in a male dominated world