Literature

Bradley, B. (2008). American cultural history. Retrieved November 25, 2008, from Lone-Star College - Kentwood Web site: http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade60.html

Literature reflected what was happening in the political arenas and social issues of America in the sixties. Harper Lee's Pulitzer prize winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird is a story about a small southern town and social distinctions between races. Writing about race and gender, women of color like Maya Angelou helped create new insights on feminism as it developed in America. Disillusionment with the system was the theme of books like Catch-22 and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Minzesheimer, B. (2007, July, 5). Young, old and wild about 'HP'. USA Today, Retrieved November 25, 2008, from https://www.lexisnexis.com.ezproxy.hofstra.edu/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T5253639977&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T5253639981&cisb=22_T5253639980&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&selRCNodeID=37&nodeStateId=411en_US,1,28&docsInCategory=19&csi=8213&docNo=16

One of the most popular series to come out this decade is the Harry Potter series. This article comments on how young and old, from ages 9-81, are waiting for the last book to come out. More than just a series, these books have turned into very successful films and have become part of pop culture.

American literature. (2008). In Wikipedia [Web]. Retrieved November 25, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_literature#Contemporary_American_fiction

2000s American literature is considered Postmodern. The postmodern authors are well known for setting scenes in fast food restaurants, on subways, or in shopping malls; they write about drugs, plastic surgery, and television commercials. Sometimes, these depictions look almost like celebrations. But simultaneously, writers in this school take a knowing, self-conscious, sarcastic, and (some critics would say) condescending attitude towards their subjects.