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5V June 6

 "Caroline/Interregnum/Restoration", "The Enlightenment" and "Romanticism"

Caroline/Interregnum/Restoration

Who was restored to the English throne during the Restoration Period?

King Charles II. After the death of his father, King Charles I, in 1649 and the subsequent establishment of the Commonwealth under Oliver Cromwell, Charles II went into exile. He returned to England in 1660 following the collapse of the Commonwealth and the end of the English Civil War. Charles II's restoration to the throne marked the return of the monarchy and the reestablishment of the Stuart dynasty in England.

What is the name for a pair of rhyming lines in iambic pentametre?

1. epic
2. heroic couplet
3. metaphysical
4. elegiac

The Pilgrim's Progress

Mac Flecknoe

Paradise Lost

John Milton

John Dryden

John Bunyan

Enlightenment

Which form of literature was created the most during the Enlightenment Period?

1. poetry
2. drama
3. essays
4. fiction

Where did the interests lie of the followers of the Enlightenment Period?

The followers of the Enlightenment Period were interested in reason, science, individual rights, democracy, religious tolerance, education, progress, and addressing social and economic issues. They sought to challenge traditional authority, promote rational thinking, and envision a more enlightened and just society.

A Vindication of the Rights of Women

Poor Richard's Almanac

Candide

Voltaire

Mary Wollstonecraft

Ben Franklin

Neoclassicism

What is one of the most defining features of 18th-century literature?

What is the modern-day word for sequential art?

comics/graphic novels

Gulliver's Travels

The Rape of the Lock and The Dunciad

Robinson  Crusoe

Daniel Defoe

Jonathan Swift

Alexander Pope

Romanticism

Where did the interests lie of the followers of Romanticism?

Followers of the Romantic period were interested in:

• Emotion, imagination, and the power of individual expression.
• The beauty and power of nature, embracing the sublime.
• Individual freedom, breaking away from societal norms.
• Intense emotions, passionate love, and deep connections.
• The mysterious, supernatural, and macabre.
• The medieval period and its folklore, romanticising knights and chivalry.

What are the characteristics of Romantic prose?

1. departure from reason
2. focus on nature
3. element of the supernatural
4. focus on individual

Wuthering Heights

Frankenstein

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

Emily Brontë

Mary Shelley

Gothic Period

The Gothic Period aligns with which other period?

Romantic period

Which isn't a characteristic of the Gothic Period?

1. emotional distress
2. nightmares
3. hard work and virtue
4. damsel in distress

Rebecca

Dracula

Northanger Abbey

Bram Stoker

Jane Austen

Daphne du Maurier

Up next 

Is there a specific study question you would like to discuss together? If not - discuss your answers to all study questions with a partner. Share information and add important details if necessary.

Homework for next week Tuesday 13 June

Study Victorianism, Modernism and Postmodernism and answer the study questions on p. 31, 34-35, 37-38 and 42.