Ashford University American Identity - Modernism and Postmodernism

Description

CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

Modernism and Postmodernism

How does the view of technology and/or what is new change from modernism to postmodernism? Use Eliot (modernism) and Delillo (postmodernism) to compare and contrast modernism and postmodernism.

You may want to consider: What is modernism? What is postmodernism? What do modernism and postmodernism say about technology and/or what is new? How does the literature demonstrate your ideas? How do these movements shape human character in the works (Prufrock and Jack/Heinrich)?

(Use quotes and examples from both works of literature.)

American Identity

Develop an argument to explain the role of money in 2 of the following: Do the Right Thing, “What You Pawn I Will Redeem,” or “Recitatif.” How and why is money important in these works?

What are standard views of money and work? Who has money and who doesn’t? Who owns businesses/property and who doesn’t? How does having or lacking money impact the characters (particularly Mookie and Sal; Jackson Jackson; and/or Twyla and Roberta). How does American culture value money?

NOTE 1: Your paper should have a clear argument that runs throughout. Each point that you make should be related to this argument.

NOTE 2: Remember to use (and explain!) quotes from the readings/films. Engage in a dialogue with the texts.