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What is a characteristic of postmodern literature?

What of the following are periods of American literature?

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1
What of the following are periods of American literature?
Civil War, Revolutionary War, Spanish-American War
Modernist, Postwar, Postmodern
Colonial Period, Beatnik, Industrial
Realistic, Naturalistic, Surrealistic
2
What is a characteristic of postmodern literature?
long texts
new non-traditional storytelling methods
grappling with the rise of industrialism
forging a new national identity
3
How many periods of American literature are there?
7
3
4
6
4
When was the first example of an American literary Identity?
Revolutionary
Romantic
Early National
Postwar
5
The Postwar Period was after WWII
False
True
6
What are the defining characteristics of an essay?
poetic, for general audience, to discuss, express, persuade, entertain
prose, for general audience, aims to discuss, express, persuade, entertain
scientific, technical, aimed for expert audiences in a given field.
prose, for specific audience, aims to discuss, express, persuade, entertain
7
Literature from the New England Puritans is part of the Postwar Period.
False
True
8
There are 3 types of essays
False
True
9
Which three example are from the Revolutionary Period
Common Sense, Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Franklin ’ s essays
The Leaves of Grass, It, Common Sense
Moby Dick, Walden, The Scarlet Letter
Common Sense, Declaration of Independence
10
What period was Ernest Hemingway part of?
Lost Generation
Postmodern
Modernist
Postwar