Modernism

In Writing the Nation, the editor states the following concerning modernism: " The culture of postmodernism in general exhibits a skepticism towards the grand truth claims and unifying narratives that have organized culture since the time of the Enlightenment. In postmodern culture, history becomes a field of competing histories and the self becomes a hybrid being with multiple, partial identities "(732). In your response, you may want to focus on one or more of the following questions: How does such a statement relate to the works of O'Connor, O'Brien and/or Walker? Do you find any common themes among these stories? What do you think the authors are trying to convey with these stories about us as human beings? How do these stories relate to the times in which they were written?