FULL ESSAY QUESTION: What do you understand by the term postmodernist fiction and what purpose does it have? Illustrate your answer with reference to two novels. I have attached the two novels as PDFs: Paul Auster, The New York Trilogy & Don DeLillo, White Noise. Assessment Criteria: You will be assessed according to your ability to: Describe in detail and with a clear sense of the continuities and discontinuities, the development of American fiction in the period studied, in terms of changes in form, genre and theme Relate American novels in specific cultural, social, historical, and political contexts Assess and apply relevant literary criticism and theory to novels in order to show the relation between text and context, and form and genre to content and theme Construct coherent interpretative arguments and substantiate them with primary textual evidence and detailed references to critical and contextualising material Demonstrate expert command of an adequate and relevant critical language IMPORTANT – I have attached: 1) A Word Document on the Essay Instructions. 2) A Word Document Essay Example showing how the Essay MUST be Structured. 3) 8 PDFs of Research & Literary Criticism Material that MUST be read thoroughly in order to answer and understand the Essay question & they MUST be included in the Essay. 4) A Word Document breaking down each PDF – showing exactly what chapters & pages to read and include. (Textbook pages NOT PDF pages.)
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