Postmodern writers tend to be more ambiguous in meaning, structure and genre. ... Even Doctorow's venture into the western genre itself is postmodernist. ... In modernist writing, rights and wrongs are more identifiable and characterization and theme less ambiguous. ... Since she does not have the illusion that writing can be realism, she, like the other two writers, lets the structure and voice fit the story that is told. ... Ruth only comes to understand her mother through her mother's writing, written in her own...

• Word Count: 2490
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

Forster may or may not have been a modernist, but in his writing of "Howard's End," he brings the reader into a type of "limbo," toggling the text toward a point of realism, before steering in in more obvious modernist conventions. ... 'A number of critics [have] read Howard's End as a 'conditions of England' novel, a fictional expression of popular anxieties' (Peppis: 47), and I would agree that it fits many of the characteristics of this genre and can certainly be understood as 'a national allegory' (Peppis: 47) that serves to unfol...

• Word Count: 1625
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Stockton belongs to American popular literature genre. ... It was his better judgment of writing on the middle class that won him his fame. ... It is this trickery which differentiate his writing from others. ... It this genius of his writing that one see how he manipulates the same kind of characters and storylines to portray human socialization behavior basically the same but changing to the needs of time. ... The element of psychological weight must, be taken into account and given full coverage to, for Stockton with great endowment includes, this aspect to his writing, and in fact, the...

• Word Count: 1579
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Analysis of Truman Capote and his Writing Style and Techniques Truman Capote's innovative and controversial techniques earned him celebrity status and fame as a professional author. ... He captivated readers and critics with his new genre, the "nonfiction novel". ...

• Word Count: 2030
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Is John Guilty of Causing Ann to Commit Adultery It is evident that John is guilty of causing Ann to Commit adultery in Sinclair Ross's "The Painted Door." John's desire, for instance, reveals his intentions. In addition, John's low self-esteem suggests his motive. Finally, the card game show...

• Word Count: 2012
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

The story is about a young mother's mental deterioration, postpartum depression, in which she is advised, based on medical theories that her husband, as a high standing physician, gave to her, "to abstain from any and all physical activity and intellectual stimulation", which included reading, writing or taking care of her new baby ("The Yellow Wallpaper" 277). ... The Yellow Wallpaper was read on its first decade as a piece of horror fiction, situated in the Gothic genre (Shmoop). ...

• Word Count: 2447
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography