Literary history - part 3

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Literary History

Part 3

Terminology

How well do you know the terminology that belongs to literary history?

Victorianism

What are the major events that took place during Queen Victoria's reign?

1. huge growth in population
2. poor conditions for the working class
3. changing world views
4. improvements in technology

What are the key features of Victorian literature?

Middlemarch

Oliver Twist

The Lady of Shalott

Charles Dickens

George Eliot

Lord Alfred Tennyson

Modernism

Which word describes Moderist literature best?

What makes literature of Moderism so 'weird'?

1. nonlinearity
2. streams of consciousness
3. irony and satire
4. allusions

To the Lighthouse

Waiting for Godot

The Waste Land

Virginia Woolf

T.S. Eliot

Samuel Beckett

Postmodernism

After which major event did Postmoderism start?

Name some examples of stylistic techniques that are often used in postmodern literature.

Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas

American Psycho

Blade Runner

Bret Easton Ellis

Philip K. Dick

Hunter S. Thompson

Part 1:

• Medieval Period
• Renaissance
• Caroline / Interregnum / Restoration

Part 2:

• Enlightenment
• Neclassicism
• Romanticism
• Gothic