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De Arriba Marina Espeche Lucia Grasso Virginia Lic. Mariana Mussetta Estudios Literarios I

De Arriba Marina Espeche Lucia Grasso Virginia Lic. Mariana Mussetta Estudios Literarios I Licenciatura en Lengua Inglesa Universidad Tecnológica de Villa María 25/08/2012. Historical and Cultural background It is a classic of postmodern literature

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De Arriba Marina Espeche Lucia Grasso Virginia Lic. Mariana Mussetta Estudios Literarios I

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  1. De Arriba Marina Espeche Lucia Grasso Virginia Lic. Mariana Mussetta Estudios Literarios I Licenciatura en Lengua Inglesa Universidad Tecnológica de Villa María 25/08/2012

  2. Historical and Cultural background • It is a classic of postmodern literature • Postmodernism began around the end of the World War II and continued until today • The term postmodern applied to art, literature philosophy, history, etc

  3. The 80’s in the USA • Ronald Reagan was elected president in 1981 • Cold war • Space exploration • New illness AIDS • Genetic engineering “DNA” • Global warming ozone hole • New drugs cocaine, heroine, LSD • Technology: video games, internet, mobile phone • Media: TV, radio newspapers • Supermarket and shopping malls: consumerism

  4. TheAuthor • He was born in 1936 in Bronx • He received a degree in Communication Arts • Essayist, novelist, play writer and short story writer • Satirize academia and explore postmodern themes: consumerism, novelty intellectualism, underground compiracies, family relation, the promise of rebirth through violence, saturation of mass media and its role in forming simulacra. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OSUDrvrcR0&feature=related

  5. Postmodernistmarkers - lack of identity • Simulacra and Simulation - aura of authority - the media

  6. - The media constructing • Rejection of reality Rationalism and - Languagecreating Objectivityreality - Simulatedevents

  7. - Church and religion - Family • Fall of Metanarratives - Death

  8. Work Consulted • Delillo, Don. White Noise. PenguinBooks: UnitedStates of America.1986. Print. • Baudillard, Jean. Simulacra and Simulacrum. Ann Arbor, MI: TheUniversity of Michigan Press. 1981. Print.

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