Assignment #3: Post Modernist Literature /Mariela Pizarro/level 800

ANSWERINGS:

1. I chose these writing because I am interested in knowing how much the technology and the media can influence the human life troughout the history: The assassination of Jessie James by The Coward Robert Ford! by Ron Hansen. When I started reading this historical drama, I remember my father watching this type of films! By other hand, I love novel which contain historical drama since they engage me with its action and suspence.
"Crash" by James Graham Ballard. I chose this reading because I am interested to know how a person can be influence by the media and technology.

2. Yes, these writings are a good example of post-modernist literature since their major themes are the claim of the individual to preserve the autonomy and the individuality of his existence in the face of overwhelming social forces, of historical heritage, of external culture, and of the technique of life.

3. The most facinating and interesting reading were Walden and civil disobedience both interpret the necessity of scaping from big and material cities in which the money, the material things, the technology are more important than spiritual values. Both writings reflect about how people lived in 19th century.

4. My favorite period is Victorian literature because the writings of that era tend to come closer to daily life which reflects its practical problems and interests Whatmore, Authors, reveal people's doubts and pessimism toward the influence of science . It was an idealistic period where the idealistic ideals like truth, justice, love, brotherhood were emphasized by poets, essayists (Henry Thoreau) and novelist of the age.