Task: Plot of Babylen Victor Pelevin 2. Collapse of the USSR (CCCP) 3. Union of Soviet Writers 4. Pop art 5.

. Similacrum (simulacra) Baudrillard 6. Virtual reality 7. Solimpsism THE BABY BOOM 1943-1960s More babies born in 1946 than ever before The parents of Gen X The Baby Boom in theory happened partially because people postponed births due to WW2 and financial crisis and then had babies The baby boom ended because of contraceptive pills and the encouragement of women to enter higher education, and also because of the increase in spending money on properties. Contrast between the Baby Boom and GenX, Baby boom had free or cheap education, pensions, jobs for life disappeared, Coupland found that people his age were being misclassified in the Baby Boomers QUOTE were tired of hearing about ourselves from others. The cost of their life paid for by their children Inflated house price, paid for by the children Born during a period of prosperity GENX (1961-1981) The children of the Baby Boomers Jane something (journalist) coined the term to define a target market for marketing structure Gen X see themselves as targets for marketing Cynicism, aetheism, etc associated with the generation The high ideals of beforehand were shattered, divorce rates high Civil rights, feminism movements GenX found that Baby Boomers were still homophobic etc, stuck in their old ways Ill be happy to define myself as GenX Sure we drink Starbucks, but we do so ironically Overeducated, not enough jobs Cuban missile crisis, world order almost collapsed They grew up the Cold War, the end of the Cold War wasnt as effective as much as it was for the Baby Boomers because they didnt really believe in it. GENY The children of GenX, early 80s until the end of the millennium (where they got their name from)

An excessive level narcissism, their reality was maybe lower than their expectations Social media, Internet, came in Living parallel life in social media Image crafting rose from this point, where friends would post pictures of themselves that make them look better than they really are Global identity GenY wanted to be more flexible in terms of working hours Postponing family Attention craving in terms of freedom and guidance Paranoid if not told where they are or given attention GENZ The digital natives Comfortable, dependent on tech Multitasking Like devices that are simple but have high functionality Streams of media 1990s to 2012 SRAUSS AND HOWE (GENERATIONS AND THE FOURTH TURNING) POP ART 1962 the term was introduced to society by MOMA Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, Lichtenstein, Rauschnberg American take of it was based on perception of mass consumerism as opposed to british which was more ironic Two of them were lovers Shocked art world Captions were satire, counter-cultural Ex. Monroe and Political leaders (different personality cults) They actually indirectly fed into the system (advertising) Some people say that they arent artists because they trace, calls into question the traditional idea that art= skill (meaning of the world) GenX challenges definition of fiction Critiques say that it was a disposable novel, but maybe thats the point that hes making IMP marks on page, show that its fiction written by him. Post-modern means??