Literature 4 & 5: The 20th Century & Dracula

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Literature 4 & 5

The 20th Century & Dracula

Literature Test

What to study?
- Literature 1-7 background information
- Literature 1-7 questions (check your answers on Its Learning)
- LessonUps

Mostly multiple choice, some short open questions, some true/false questions

Assignment 2

Take a look at two trailers of Dracula. If you were to direct a Dracula movie, what would it look like? What would it be about? Which actors would you use? Etc. 

Deadline = Friday 28th of May
The bonus will be added to your literature test grade (which is a SE (school examen) grade!)

Literature 4: 
The 20th Century

1. Take a guess: The current queen of England (Elizabeth) has been queen since?

1. 1942
2. 1952
3. 1962
4. 1972

2. Take a guess: World War I took place between?

1. 1904-1908
2. 1910-1912
3. 1914-1918
4. 1919-1923

3. Take a guess: How many people (soldiers, civilians, etc.) from the UK died during World War II?

1. 120.000
2. 335.000
3. 450.000
4. 780.000

4. Take a guess: Which of the following are the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s not known for?

1. Protest groups & demonstrations
2. More freedom for women
3. Decolonisation of countries such as India
4. Terrorist attacks and rioting in London

5. Take a guess: True or False "During the 20th century, the Gothic Novel genre changed into Horror Fiction."

1. True
2. False

The 20th Century (1900-2000)

-Lots of kings & queens: 
          - Queen Victoria (1819-1901)
          - King Edward VII (1901-1910)
          - George V (1910-1936)
          - Edward VIII (1936-1936)
          - George VI (1936-1952)
          - Elizabeth II (1952-now)

Beginning of the 20th C. 

- Great World War / World War I (1914-1918)
- Triple Alliance (France, Russia, Britain) 
   vs. Central Powers (Germany & Austria-Hungary)
- Many soldiers died in the trenches (loopgraven)
- Americans joined the war and the Triple Alliance won
- British women had taken over factory work
- After the war they became more independent & voting rights

World War II (1940-1945)

- Great Depression 1930s: huge unemployment 
- World War II in 1940
- Winston Churchill: prime minster (premier)
   of the UK
- Well-known for his speeches

The Blitz

7 Sep. 1940 - 11 May 1941
Germany bombed London
More than 40.000 killed

2nd half of the 20th C.

- Decolonisation of countries such as India
- 1950s, 1960s, 1970s: social changes
- Freedom for women, protest groups, demonstrations
- 1979: Margaret Thatcher = first female prime minster
- 1980s & 1990s: Digital Revolution
   (colour TV, computer, mobile phones, the internet)

Literature

- First half of the 20th century = literature about war
- Gothic Novel > changed into Horror Fiction genre
- Mysterious & Supernatural > Bloody & Brutal
- Serial Killer Genre, Zombie Genre, Slasher Genre
- Important author: Stephen King
- Many 20th century horror novels > later horror movies 

Literature 5: 
Dracula

Dracula 

- 1897 by Abraham Stoker
- Basis of all vampire movies & books
- Based on Vlad III / Vlad the Impaler from the 15th century
- Also known as Draculea ("son of the dragon")

- Gothic Novel: 1. unrealistic setting (spooky castle)
                                2. scary events (vampires)
                                3. sensational plots (lots of murders)

The Book 'Dracula'

- Main character: Jonathan Harker (a lawyer)
- Travels to Transylvania (Eastern Europe)
- Count Dracula invites him to stay
- Desire for blood, crawling along walls,
   long teeth 
- Jonathan tries to escape 

The Book 'Dracula'

- Story turns to Mina Murray (Jonathan's fiancée)
- Foreign ship wrecks on the shore nearby 
- Cargo: fifty boxes of earth sent by Count Dracula
- Mina's friend Lucy starts sleep walking on the cemetery 
- Lucy falls ill and Prof. Van Helsing comes to see her

The Book 'Dracula'

- Mina goes to Budapest to meet up with Jonathan
- Van Helsing gives Lucy a blood transfusion, but she escapes
- They find Lucy preying on a child as a vampire
- When Lucy's sleeping they stake her heart and kill her
- Mina & Jonathan get married in Budapest
- They track down the boxes of earth and locate Count Dracula
- They find the Count and kill him 

6. Who was the author of Dracula?

1. Horatio Troker
2. Abraham Stoker
3. Jonathan Broker
4. Ishmael Croker

7. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a Gothic novel?

1. Scary events
2. Sensational plots
3. Mysterious characters
4. Unrealistic setting

8. What is the job of Jonathan Harker?

1. Secretary
2. Journalist
3. Writer
4. Lawyer

9. Which of the following is not mentioned as a clue in the book that Dracula is a vampire?

1. Afraid of garlic
2. Desire for blood
3. Crawling along walls
4. Long teeth

10. What happens to Mina's friend Lucy?

1. She is imprisoned
2. She gets killed
3. She gets cured
4. She escapes

Check the reader:

Literature 4 + Literature 5
- Read the background information
- Answer the questions (using the internet)
- Check your answers (see Its Learning)
- Work on the 2nd Assignment