Literature 1: The 19th Century

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Literature 1: 
The 19th Century 

The Literature Reader

Each week: 
- A LessonUp in class: guessing, some info & questions
- Background information in your reader
- Questions in your reader (answers on Its Learning)

+ Two bonus assignments: 17th of May  +  31st of May
+ A literature test at the end of the period (SE CIJFER)! 

Bonus Assignments (see Reader)

Assignment 1: Research the story of Frankenstein, think of a character that you would like to bring back to life, how would the plot of your series / movie change. 

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.

Literature Test

At the end of this period:
    - A literature test about all the background information, 
       the questions, and the assignments  
    - Schoolexamen cijfer!

So read the background information, answer the questions in your reader, check your answers, and start studying in time. 

The 19th Century

1. Take a guess: How many people lived in London around 1800?

1. 500.000
2. 750.000
3. 1.000.000
4. 1.250.000

2. Take a guess: How many people lived in London a century later, around 1900?

1. 3.6 million
2. 4.9 million
3. 5.4 million
4. 6.7 million

3. Take a guess: Which of the following did not exist yet in the 19th century?

1. Telephones
2. Radios
3. Telegraphs
4. Cameras

4. Take a guess: How many people lived in the entire British Empire (Great Britain + all of the colonies) in 1900?

1. 200 million
2. 300 million
3. 400 million
4. 500 million

5. Take a guess: The first Gothic Novel (ghost story book) was written in what year?

1. 1509
2. 1623
3. 1764
4. 1834

The 19th Century

- Queen Victoria reigned 1837 - 1901
- Industrial Revolution:
         -  Steam engines, machines, etc. 
         - People move to the cities to work in factories
         - 1800: 1 million people live in London
         - 1900: 6.7 million people live in London
         - British Empire: 400 million people worldwide 

British Population

- People live longer
- Farmers vs. Wealthy land owners      
   > Factory Workers vs. Business owners
- Child labour

- New middle class: doctors, teachers, engineers
- New inventions: telegraphs, telephones, cameras

Gothic Novels

- The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story (1764)
- Characteristics of Gothic Novels: 
        1. Unrealistic setting
        2. Unexplainable, scary events
        3. Improbable, sensational plots
- Popular for only a few decades 
- New life at the end of the 20th century

Romantic Period

- Romantic Period = 1800-1830, interested in: 
             - everything from the past 
             - the non-rational & supernatural
             - scary and unexplainable things

- Before 1800 = Age of Reason, interested in: 
             - God & rational thinking is most important

After 

6. What was not an effect of the Industrial Revolution?

1. Increased Child Labour
2. New Middle Class: engineers, doctors
3. People lived longer
4. More people working on farms

7. What was the title of the first Gothic novel?

1. The Castle of Orlando
2. The Castle of Otranto
3. The Castle of Othello
4. The Castle of Orcano

8. The Gothic Novel was part of the Romantic period, which lasted from?

1. 1800-1830
2. 1820-1850
3. 1830-1860
4. 1850-1880

9. Before the Romantic Period came ...?

1. The Age of Treason
2. The Age of Raisin
3. The Age of Season
4. The Age of Reason

10. Which group was not a part of the new Middle Class?

1. Doctors
2. Soldiers
3. Engineers
4. Lawyers

Check the reader: 

- Read the introduction
- Check the assignments

Literature 1: The 19th Century 
- Read the background information
- Answer the questions (use the internet)
- Check your answers (see Its Learning)