2010美国文学史Lecture+15+Post+war.pptVIP

* * Postwar Literature (1940s-- ) Lecture 15: Historical Background: 1950s: 1. The dropping of the atom bomb on Japan caused great fear. 2. The Cold War added the uneasiness between capitalist and communist countries. 3. Senator Joseph McCarthy began an official persecution of Communists and those left-wingers. Historical Background: 1960s: 1. the assassination of J. F. Kennedy in 1963; 2. Civil Rights Movement led by Martin Luther King in the South; 3. Vietnam War; 4. Beat Generation Historical Background: 1960s: Black humor: “humor under the gallows” chara