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Post-Modernism and Mass Culture
Students examine the suggestion that the subjective experience of everyday life and sense of identity has changed in America in recent years. In this post-modernism and mass culture activity, students engage in 4 multi-step exercises...
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Analogy Lesson Plans That Make Connections
With the right analogy lesson plans students can get a handle on this important, and sometimes difficult, concept.
Curated OER
Post- Modernism
Students participate in a lesson that investigates post-modernism in American literature. They conduct the lesson with the help of reading "America" by Ginsberg to create context. Then students define the genre and the culture that has...
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Brock University: Deconstruction Assumptions
Complex site from the Brock University on deconstruction and its many assumptions and premises. Very advanced treatment of deconstruction, not for the beginner.
Stanford University
What Is Deconstruction? Jacques Derrida
Easily digestible definition of deconstruction and its influence on literary criticism. Offers bibliography also.
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Kristi Siegel, ph.d.: Introduction Modern Literary Theory
This site provides an overview of literary terms and critical theories, compiled by a professor of English who teaches at the university level.
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Beyond Deconstruction
Unusual look at deconstruction, considering several previously unexplored glimpses of the theory. Also includes extensive bibliography and references to Derrida's influence.
Washington State University
Washington State University: Literary Critical Theory: Interpretive Strategies
Defines various critical approaches in brief. Click the Critical Theory link at the bottom of the page for more detail.
Purdue University
Guide to Critical Theory: Introduction to Postmodernism
Definition, applications, lesson plans and individual theorist modules are all offered on this site. Includes links to other web resources as well.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Postmodernism and Its Critics
Very thorough overview of Postmodernism theory and this includes Deconstruction. Includes basic premises and the leading figures in the movement.
New York University
Jacques Derrida: News Article by Mitchell Stephens
Interesting and critical news article about Derrida, the father of deconstruction. Discusses the difficulty inherent in this theory in a humorous way.
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Univ. Of Mississippi: Critical Approaches to Literature
Here are nine common critical approaches to the study of literature based on X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia's Literature: An Introductionto Fiction, Poetry, and Drama.