Literary history - part 3

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Literary History 5V

Victorianism & (post)modernism

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?

Key features of Victorian literature include:

• Realistic portrayal and social criticism.
• Moral and ethical concerns.
• Historical and regional settings.
• Focus on the individual and psychological exploration.
• Examination of women's roles and rights.
• Gothic elements and themes.
• Serialized publication.
• Broadening readership and accessibility.
• Innovation and experimentation in form and style.

Middlemarch

Oliver Twist

The Lady of Shalott

Charles Dickens

George Eliot

Lord Alfred Tennyson

Modernism

Which word describes Modernist literature best?

The word that best describes Modernist literature is "experimental." Modernist literature often pushed the boundaries of traditional storytelling and experimented with new narrative techniques, fragmented structures, stream-of-consciousness writing, and unconventional perspectives to reflect the complexities and uncertainties of the modern world.

What makes literature of Modernism so 'different'?

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?

After WWII

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

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