American Literature in the Post World War II

The period after the Second World War greatly influenced American society and literature. Many important events occur and directly affect the movement of American literature. During this period, the American literature reflected the disillusionment movement and portrayed the lost generation. Many World War II writers adopted a new method and philosophy to write novels. They drew a view of the lost generation, anti-war, and explored the real meaning of "hero of war". Among them, Pioneer writes "Nature", "Fly over Cuckoo nest", "Catch - 22" at Bernard Malamud, Ken Casey, Joseph Heller.

This is a group of writers whose literature explores and influences American culture after the Second World War. Most of their work was published and popularized throughout the 1950s. The central elements of the beat culture are the refusal of standard narrative values, the spiritual pursuit, the quest for the religion of the Americas and the Orient, the refusal of materialism, a clear portrayal of human condition, experiments with psychedelic medicine, And sexual liberation and exploration. Utopia can be defined as an ideal and perfect place, country, or any foresight political or social system. In literature, it refers to a detailed description of a society or country classified according to a better lifestyle suggested by the author. It can be understood as an unrealistic or ideal plan for political or social reform. The other side of the utopia is a loss

An important introduction to American immigration literature after World War II, including works by Asian American, Caribbean American, European American, Mexican American writer. This chapter provides a comprehensive list of the literary and cultural history of each group, a summary of the major interests of major authors, and major and minor references. It will be good to find a starting point for criticisms of writers and literary works, and such criticism is relatively few. The aim is "to provide guidance for scholars, teachers, librarians to select important past sentences and current writings, deal with multicultural issues covered in youth novels, including works by 51 writers It helps to provide. Each entry provides biographical, critical and bibliographic information, and a general bibliography on multicultural literature summarizes books. "(the publisher)

American modernist literature is a major trend in American literature between World War I and the Second World War. The era of modernism emphasizes the solution of contemporary themes such as the form of poetry and prose, language innovation, racial relations, gender, human condition. During this period many American modernists moved abroad in Europe and often became faithful supporters of the European movement as in the case of T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound and Gertrude Stein. These writers are often called lost generations