20th Century American and British Literature: Modernism Volume

Author: Hu Quansheng et al
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Publishing Date: 2004-07-01
Features: This book is one of the 985 key textbooks of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. It is divided into two volumes, namely "Modernism Volume" and "Postmodernism Volume." The Postmodernism Volume selects representative works or excerpts from 22 representative postmodernist writers of the 20th century, with each writer and their work forming a chapter. As a chapter, the content includes: an introduction to the author's life and creative background; the names of their main works, creative themes, and techniques; explanations of terms necessary for understanding the works; selected texts, as well as comments and questions posed about the selected texts. This book can serve as a teaching or reference material for senior undergraduate and graduate students of English majors in universities, offering a course on British and American modern and contemporary literature. It can also be used as self-study material for English literature enthusiasts with a comparable English proficiency level in the general public.