https://padlet.com/williamsaf/5yi9e6bhn6a4 Write tenants of Contemporary Lit and connect to either a poem (specific ideas / lines) OR connect to ideas in a novel (only one per post) -- Don't duplicate en-us 2016-12-16 18:01:48 UTC 2016-12-19 21:12:15 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Condos.png https://padlet.com/williamsaf/5yi9e6bhn6a4/wish/144130336 The Road has many connections to the contemporary period because, while it may be depressing as a whole, it ends with a ray of hope. There are numerous religious references, yet the prevailing message is that God is dead. This fits in with the message of the contemporary period "God is dead. Now what?" This also shows man's shortcomings and portrays him as less than divine. This message is also apparent in other world during this time period such as "Snow White and the Seven Deadly Sins" and the novel "The Handmaid's Tale." ]]> 2016-12-16 19:44:54 UTC https://padlet.com/williamsaf/5yi9e6bhn6a4/wish/144130336 https://padlet.com/williamsaf/5yi9e6bhn6a4/wish/144130469 The journey has many  connections to contemporary literature like it reflects life and culture because it shows that society does not  like others to become individuals. This is shown by how the speaker is in a constant struggle to become an individual.]]> 2016-12-16 19:45:47 UTC https://padlet.com/williamsaf/5yi9e6bhn6a4/wish/144130469 kyle_cozzone https://padlet.com/williamsaf/5yi9e6bhn6a4/wish/144130548 This poem has many connections to contemporary literature, especially portraying man as not a divine creation. The list of synechdoches of man as "a clot, an aching clench, a stub, a stump, a butt, a scab, a knob, a screaming pain, a putrefying stench" shoes this belief. Man was considered inherently sinful and separated from God, which is seen in the mortality that is emphasized in these lines. However, there is still hope within the poem, as the man begs the doctors to "let (him) live". He still has hope for life, no matter how bleak it is because life can always improve. This is a tenant of contemporary literature, which although disillusioned, still holds out hope for the betterment of mankind. ]]> 2016-12-16 19:46:24 UTC https://padlet.com/williamsaf/5yi9e6bhn6a4/wish/144130548 https://padlet.com/williamsaf/5yi9e6bhn6a4/wish/144130616 the lost baby poem shows contemporary ideas in the social and personal aspects of which the pieces of this genre are known for. While the piece is very degrading to the author who created it, demonstrated by the lowercase 'i' throughout the poem, and has a tone of guilt, there is hope in it as well. Hope built off of the guilt of losing the "almost body." While the speaker, in her diction, sinned in a sense, this loss makes her more determined to be better in the future, to be a great mother and never "less than a mountain."]]> 2016-12-16 19:46:52 UTC https://padlet.com/williamsaf/5yi9e6bhn6a4/wish/144130616 https://padlet.com/williamsaf/5yi9e6bhn6a4/wish/144130663 Ties to contemporary lit in this novel include the loss of God or a feeling that God is dead- which can be represented through Milo's greed and the novel's overall loss of morals and despair. The loss of innocence theme through contemporary lit is obviously conveyed through Snowden's death and his secret.  Also the novel reflects the contemporary beliefs that not all is lost since contemporary lit is much more for used on 'how do we live without a God and go on?' rather than 'oh great, the world's ending'.  This can be shown through the illedged  escape of both Orr and Yossarian at the end of the novel. ]]> 2016-12-16 19:47:13 UTC https://padlet.com/williamsaf/5yi9e6bhn6a4/wish/144130663 catherine_calomeni https://padlet.com/williamsaf/5yi9e6bhn6a4/wish/144132220 -small ending element of hope in spite of suffering in life; Atwood leaves us with the impression that Offred was able to escape with Mayday to hopefully live the life of freedom she longed for.
-total truth based on perspective; Offred was an unreliable narrator and used a nonlinear timeline to tell her story; our sense of the truth is based solely on her personal experiences. Whether or not her account is factually true does not necessarily matter; true to contemporary form the reader is able to pick their own truth from what is given.
-individuals pick their own form of the truth; the men are at first under the impression that they are helping women in making them participate in certain societal roles; the truth is interpreted differently by each individual based on perspective.
- coping in a constantly changing world; Offred is faced with a personal identity crisis due to the major cultural changes she has suffered in her lifetime. society often returns to the "comfortable" or in this case, "traditional" values.
- influence of mass culture on truth; the women are told on numerous occasions that they are "content" in their positions because their own desires are selfish and unimportant; as women working for the "greater good" they must sacrifice their abilities to make decisions for themselves in order to fulfill their purpose. however, the women are in no way content in their situation, they have been told so many times that they are satisfied that even Offred begins to revert to a state of complacency. this demonstrates the powerful affect that mass culture can have on what is perceived to be the "truth".]]> 2016-12-16 19:57:36 UTC https://padlet.com/williamsaf/5yi9e6bhn6a4/wish/144132220 marcus_harrison https://padlet.com/williamsaf/5yi9e6bhn6a4/wish/144135537

Dudley Randall's poem is a solid example of contemporary literature's tendency to address traditionally staggering problems in a detached and ironic manner. While many Modernist poets viewed death as a sort of escape, the poet turns this trope on its head and reaffirms his belief in life as a something worthwhile by itself. The poem harkens back to Romantic poetry, but with the added inclusion of grim synecdoche and oxymoron like "kindly killers". It is a return to tradition in a sense, which contemporary literature accepts as inevitable, but portrays it in a novel way.]]> 2016-12-16 20:17:18 UTC https://padlet.com/williamsaf/5yi9e6bhn6a4/wish/144135537