Teacher Guide

White Noise Lesson Plan

Relationship to Other Books

White Noise may be DeLillo's best-known novel, but it is hardly his only postmodern work. Students interested in the themes and structure of White Noise might also read DeLillo's works Libra, Underworld, and The Body Artist. Other postmodern works with similar themes about safety and communication in the era of late capitalism include The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon, A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki, and In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O'Brien. Those who want more understanding about postmodernism can read The Postmodern Turn by Douglas Kellner and Steven Best or The Postmodern Condition by Jean-François Lyotard.

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