Vonnegut

= = = = =//Slaughterhouse-Five//=

===="The lessons of war must be learned anew by each generation, soldier by soldier, grief by grief, grave by grave. Unlike the scientific discoveries of each era, that gradually rise to make a pile of new facts upon which subsequent research can stand, the wisdom about war feels raw and new each time it is compiled. It is a horizontal truth instead of a vertical one. It doesn't climb toward a transcendent realization, after which nobody can be surprised by it, ever again; it spreads until it touches everyone, then it moves on to the descendants of those people, and it touches them too. It doesn't go up. It goes out."====

-Julia Keller, arts and books critic, //Chicago Tribune//, 5-11-08
Vonnegut Biography

Vonnegut on Writing

What is Post-modernism? http://www.colorado.edu/English/courses/ENGL2012Klages/pomo.html

Introductory Analysis of the Novel

Reading - A History and Exploration of Satire

Critical Essay Assignment

Theories on Time Elements of Humor

Book Review - Reality Hunger, A Manifesto, by David Shields

**Journaling for //Slaughterhouse-Five//: This is a non-linear book, so journaling by chapter and trying to maintain chronology is pointless. I recommend instead that you divide the next few pages of your journal into sections: __Main themes, characters, motifs, allusions and literary devices__. As you read, write quotes or references to these things in their sections, citing page numbers. This will be the most helpful way to organize the key elements of the book for purposes of the paper you'll write afterward.**