Uzbek state world languages university

Theme 8: This part gives review of the post-war American life and literature. The literature of 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and 1970s is analyzed. New generation of post- war American writers, witnesses and participants of the war, is presented. The impact of high-tech on human behavior is also shown.

Key Words and Expressions to Theme 8

Makeshift Consumerism Ubiquitous Attuned Aftermath Verging

Laced with insanity Home appliances Riveting analysis Dwindle

Traverse
Questions

1. 
   What was America after the Second World War?
   
2. 
   What new writers appeared after the war?
   
3. 
   What do you know about the literature of 1950s?
   
4. 
   What problems are raised in the literature of 1960s?
   
5. 
   What are specific features of the literature of 1970s and 1980s?
   

LITERATURE

1. 
   Аллен Уолтер, Традиция и мечта, М., Прогресс, 1970
   
2. 
   Американская литература и общественно-политическая борьба. 60-е – начало 70-х годов ХХ века, М., Наука, 1977.
   
3. 
   Зверев А. Американский роман 20-х – 30-х годов, М.. Худож. лит., 1982.
   
4. 
   История американской литературы, т.1-2, М., Просвещение, 1971.
   
5. 
   Литература США в 70-е годы ХХ века, М., Наука, 1983.
   
6. 
   Мендельсон М.О. Американская сатирическая проза ХХ века, М., Наука, 1972.
   
7. 
   Мендельсон М.О. Роман США сегодня – на заре 80-х годов, М., Советский писатель, 1983.
   
8. 
   Основные тенденции развития современной литературы США, М., Наука, 1973
   
9. 
   Van Spanckeren, Kathryn, American Literature. Washington DC, USA Department of States, 1994
   

Elmira D. Muratova

2006