Perspectives

To gain a better insight into the them of “Noel” by Michael Plemmons and the author’s style we advise you to put the text into perspective by reflecting on current issues, literary movement and similar works.

Current issues

Though it was published in 1985, the short story deals with a social theme which is very much actual,...

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Literary period

The short story falls within the category of post-modernist literature. Some of the features of this literary movement...

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Works in the same genre

For you to better understand the concept of dystopian setting in literature, we recommend two other short stories.

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Works with the same theme

The theme of objectifying children for material purposes can also be found in the short story “Chokra” by Numair Choudhury (Wider Contexts, pp. 304).

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