Question

Before postmodernism what kind of authors mostly made up the literary canon in the united states

Answer 1

It seems that you have forgotten to attach the essential options for this question, so I had to look for it. Anyway, here is the answer. Before postmodernism, the kind of authors that mostly made up the literary canon in the United States are white men or white male authors. Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Before Postmodernism the authors that made up the literary canon in the United States were mostly white men.

This literary movement called Modernism (or modernist literature) had a non-traditional style of verse and poetry. The writers from that time felt traditional poetry was outdated, and that new forms of expression and representation had to be done to express new sensibilities and beliefs.