Lit. Counter Ppt

1. Literary Countercultures Literary Countercultures

2. Counterculture: a movement or culture that is in an undying process to withdraw energy from the old system and use it to reshape society and the world; a culture that makes a frontal challenge to the dominant system. (John D. Curl, Hippie and Memoirist)

6. “ Hysterical Realism is a painfully accurate term for the sort of overblown , manic prose...these are hysterical times.” – Zadie Smith

12. Spoken Word

14. “ They were digging a new foundation in Manhattan and they discovered a slave cemetery there. May their souls rest easy now that lynching is frowned upon and we’ve moved on to the electric chair…” –Ani Difranco

16. “ Why is it so lonely in between boy and a girl they’re so glued down in this world and what it means I’m trans alla that gender I’m a bender bye bi girl.” – Animal Prufrock

18. Why Be Counterculture?

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