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What does Joyce Carol Oates focus on in her works?
The spiritual, sexual, and intellectual decline of modern American society
Joyce Carol Oates birthdate
1938
What was Joyce Carol Oates’ childhood like?
Grew up on a farm with 2 siblings
Why was Joyce Carol Oates’ first book rejected?
Her topic, rehab of drug addict, deemed too depressing
Joyce Carol Oates’ education
Masters degree
Joyce Carol Oates’ occupations
writer and teacher
Why did Joyce Carol Oates release a novel under a pseudonym?
She wanted to escape from her own name
Common themes: Joyce Carol Oates
race, violence
Alice Walker occupations
author, social worker, activist
What term did Alice Walker coin?
womanism (Black feminism)
What genres has Alice Walker wrote?
novels, short stories, poetry
Who is the first black woman to win a Nobel Prize
Toni Morrison
What did Toni Morrison win the Nobel Prize for?
Beloved
Genres Morrison wrote in
librettos for plays, novels, literary criticism, 1 short story
What race was rarely featured in Toni Morrison’s works?
white
What movement did Leslie Marmon Silko shape?
Native American Rennaisance
Amy Tan birthdate
1952
What did Amy Tan write about?
Chinese-American women, the immigrant experience, and relationship between Chinese immigrant mothers and their American-born daughters
Who were Amy Tan’s parents?
Chinese immigrants
Where did Amy Tan grow up?
Switzerland and California
Amy Tan’s education
university-level
Who is John Updike often compared to?
William Dean Howwells
What is John Updike’s influence?
most significant “middle-ness” writer in post-modernism
What genre is Raymond Carver the head of?
Post-alcoholic blue-collar minimalist hyperrealism (dirty realism)
What was Raymond Carver’s biggest struggle in life?
recovering alcoholic
What jobs did Carver have?
writer, janitor, sawmill hand, delivery person, sales representative
Carver’s education
university-level
What genre did Carver revitalize?
Realism
Who was Carver compared to?
Hemingway (sparse prose style, “zero” endings)
Why was Carver hospitalized in the 70s?
Alcholism
Carver’s married life
Married and had kids straight out of high school
Carver’s death
died early due to ill health (alcoholism)
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