外教社2024新编英国文学史教程 Unit 15 PPT课件Unit 15.pptx

Unit15LITERATUREAFTERTHEsECONDWORLDWAR

Overview1.Post-WarEnglishLiteratureOverviewSocialandpoliticalchangesTechnologicalandculturalimpact2.TheCoexistenceofModernismandVictorianismLiterarytechniquesandperspectivesThedilemmaoftraditionvs.experimentation3.TheEmergenceofPostmodernismAnewculturalatmosphereSynthesisandalignmentinpost-warnovels

KeywordsDisillusionmentDefinition:Apost-warliteraryresponsereflectingaprofoundlossoffaithinsocietalnormsandinstitutions.CoreFeatures:Existentialangst:?Acrisisquestioninghumanitysvaluesandexistence.Authorityskepticism:?Deepdoubtintraditionalformsofpower.Traditionalvaluechallenge:?Reevaluationoflong-heldbeliefs.LiteraryManifestations:AnimalFarm,1984,LordoftheFlies

KeywordsCulturalChangeCulturaldiversityandmulticulturalism:ThedissolutionoftheBritishEmpireintroducedmulticulturalism,leadingtoacomplexculturalshiftandamorecosmopolitansociety.Post-imperialculturaltensions:Theembraceofmulticulturalismcoexistedwithimperialistlogics,creatingpost-imperialmelancholiaandinspiringliteratureonidentityandempireslegacy.

KeywordsCulturalChangeYouthcultureandsocialnorms:Avibrantyouthcultureemerged,challengingtraditionalnormsandestablishingnewidentities,asreflectedinliteraturethroughthemesofrebellionandsocietalcritique.Technologicalimpactonsociety:Technologicaladvancementsalteredfamilystructuresandgenderroles,influencingculturalattitudesandliteraryexplorationsofdomesticlifeandsocietalchange.

KeywordsPostmodernismDefinition:Amid-20th-centurymovementwithaskepticallensonculture,history,andliterature,favoringirony,playfulness,andchallengingtraditionalnarratives.FeaturesofPostmodernLiterature:Employspastiche,fragmentednarratives,andblursculturalboundaries,reflectingcontemporarylifescomplexityanddiversity.EnglishPost-ModernNovel:Asynthesis:Int