Literature 4 & 5: The 20th Century & Dracula

Literature 4 & 5
The 20th Century & Dracula
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Literature 4 & 5
The 20th Century & Dracula

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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

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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!)

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Literature 4: 
The 20th Century

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1. Take a guess: The current queen of England (Elizabeth) has been queen since?
A
1942
B
1952
C
1962
D
1972

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2. Take a guess: World War I took place between?
A
1904-1908
B
1910-1912
C
1914-1918
D
1919-1923

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3. Take a guess: How many people (soldiers, civilians, etc.) from the UK died during World War II?
A
120.000
B
335.000
C
450.000
D
780.000

Slide 7 - Quizvraag

4. Take a guess: Which of the following are the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s not known for?
A
Protest groups & demonstrations
B
More freedom for women
C
Decolonisation of countries such as India
D
Terrorist attacks and rioting in London

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

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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)

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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

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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

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

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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)

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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 

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Literature 5: 
Dracula

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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)

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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 

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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

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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 

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6. Who was the author of Dracula?
A
Horatio Troker
B
Abraham Stoker
C
Jonathan Broker
D
Ishmael Croker

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7. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a Gothic novel?
A
Scary events
B
Sensational plots
C
Mysterious characters
D
Unrealistic setting

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8. What is the job of Jonathan Harker?
A
Secretary
B
Journalist
C
Writer
D
Lawyer

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9. Which of the following is not mentioned as a clue in the book that Dracula is a vampire?
A
Afraid of garlic
B
Desire for blood
C
Crawling along walls
D
Long teeth

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10. What happens to Mina's friend Lucy?
A
She is imprisoned
B
She gets killed
C
She gets cured
D
She escapes

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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

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