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This fourth article in Modern North American Literature covers the movements and literary trends that most influenced its literature.

This article looks at he first short story in Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried" and the displacement felt by the American soldiers.

This article will explore how various cultures left their mark on the American land.

Foreword The series “Modern North American Literature Series” presents the major historical, social, economic, and, most importantly, literary events which unfolded within the United States of America, spanning from the 20th century up to the beginning of the 21st century. In contrast to previous phenomena, the 20th century entailed an extreme disruption of morality, ethics, and priorities that affected the rest of the world. This series attempts to assess how the North Amer

This article looks at American theatre during the post-war years, highlighting the work of Tennessee Williams.

Foreword The series “Modern North American Literature Series” presents the major historical, social, economic, and, most importantly, literary events which unfolded within the United States of America, spanning from the 20th century up to the beginning of the 21st century. In contrast to previous phenomena, the 20th century entailed an extreme disruption of morality, ethics, and priorities that affected the rest of the world. This series attempts to assess how the North Amer

Cynthia Ozick published the short story The Shawl in The New Yorker in 1980, 35 years after the end of the Second World War and the Holocaust. One might wonder about the reasons for the reminiscence of the traumatic experiences of Holocaust survivors and, thus, the establishment of Holocaust Literature as a genre. As Alkana (1997) introduces, “the task of telling Holocaust stories has involved a recognition that beyond the fundamental value of presenting witness and survivor

Throughout the ages, many writers have endeavored to portray reality through their works and through the prism of different aesthetics, but also different philosophies. This desire to relate literature to reality probably reached its pinnacle with the naturalism movement during the late nineteenth century. In opposition to Romanticism, literary naturalism emphasizes the scientific approach in depicting a fictional reality. By exploring the scientific laws and parameters influ

Foreword The series “Modern North American Literature Series” presents the major historical, social, economic, and, most importantly, literary events which unfolded within the United States of America, spanning from the 20th century up to the beginning of the 21st century. In contrast to previous phenomena, the 20th century entailed an extreme disruption of morality, ethics, and priorities that affected the rest of the world. This series attempts to assess how the North Amer

"Circe" (2018) by Madeline Miller represents the modern trend of retelling the original myths from the feminist perspective.

The article aspires to highlight the cross-fertilization of two rapidly growing interdisciplinary fields: narrative and geography.