Unit 16
The Search for Identity
American Prose Writers, 1970-Present
Author and Works 638
Overview Questions 638
Learning Objectives 639
Overview 639
Video Overview 640
Discussion Questions for the Video 641
Timeline 642
Author/Text Review 643
Toni Morrison (b. 1931) 645
Questions 645
Web Archive 645
Thomas Pynchon (b. 1937) 646
Questions 647
Web Archive 647
Toni Cade Bambara (1939-1995) 648
Questions 649
Web Archive 649
Maxine Hong Kingston (b. 1940) 630
Questions 651
Web Archive 651
Diane Glancy (b. 1941) 652
Questions 652
Web Archive 653
Alice Walker 654 (b. 1947) 654
Questions 654
Web Archive 655
David Mamet (b. 1947) 655
Questions 656
Web Archive 657
Leslie Feinberg (b. 1949) 657
Questions 658
Web Archive 659
Judith Ortiz Cofer (b. 1952) 639
Questions 659
Web Archive 660
Sandra Cisneros (b. 1954) 661
Questions 662
Web Archive 662
Core Contexts 663
Escaping Their Cages: Performance Artists in the Twentieth Century 663
Questions 663
Web Archive 663
Memorials: The Art of Memory 667
Questions 669
Web Archive 669
Collage: Putting the Pieces Together 670
Questions 673
Web Archive 672
Extended Contexts 673
Gay and Lesbian Identities in Contemporary American Writing 673
Questions 675
Web Archive 675
Locking the Gates: The City within the City 676
Web Archive 676
Questions 677
Assignments 677
Personal and Creative Responses 677
Problem-Based Learning Projects 679
Glossary 679
Selected Bibliography 681
Further Resources 681