Literature 1: The 19th Century

Literature 1: 
The 19th Century 
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Literature 1: 
The 19th Century 

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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: 12th of May  +  26th of May
+ A literature test at the end of the period (SE CIJFER)! 

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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.

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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. 

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1. Take a guess: How many people lived in London around 1800?
A
500.000
B
750.000
C
1.000.000
D
1.250.000

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2. Take a guess: How many people lived in London a century later, around 1900?
A
3.6 million
B
4.9 million
C
5.4 million
D
6.7 million

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3. Take a guess: Which of the following did not exist yet in the 19th century?
A
Telephones
B
Radios
C
Telegraphs
D
Cameras

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4. Take a guess: What was an important Revolution during the 19th century?
A
January revolution
B
Industrial revolution
C
French revolution
D
Russian Revolution

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5. Take a guess: How many people lived in the entire British Empire (Great Britain + all of the colonies) in 1900?
A
200 million
B
300 million
C
400 million
D
500 million

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6. Take a guess: The first Gothic Novel (ghost story book) was written in what year?
A
1509
B
1623
C
1764
D
1834

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The 19th Century
- Queen Victoria reigned 1837 - 1901
- Growing British Empire 
         - New aditions Egypt, Singapore and Burma  
- Huge transition during Industrial Revolution
         - Steam engines, machines, etc. 
         - People move from countryside to cities 
         

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The 19th Century
Population numbers during the 19th century

-1800: 1 million people live in London
         - 1900: 6.7 million people live in London
         - British Empire: 400 million people worldwide 

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Changes in the 19th century
- Life expectancy increased
- Class divisions changed
- Creation of a new group, Middle Class
  1. doctors 
  2. lawyers
  3. teachers
  4. engineers

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Changes in the 19th century
- New inventions such as: Cameras, telegraphs and telephones
- Child labour
  • Factory workers just like their parents
  • crawling under machines
  • cleaning chimneys
  • working in shipyards 

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Gothic Novels
- The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story (1764) by Horace Walpole
- 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

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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

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After 
7. What was not an effect of the Industrial Revolution?
A
Increased Child Labour
B
New Middle Class: engineers, doctors
C
People lived longer
D
More people working on farms

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8. What was the title of the first Gothic novel?
A
The Castle of Orlando
B
The Castle of Otranto
C
The Castle of Othello
D
The Castle of Orcano

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9. Before the Romantic Period came ...?
A
The Age of Treason
B
The Age of Raisin
C
The Age of Season
D
The Age of Reason

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10. Which group was not a part of the new Middle Class?
A
Doctors
B
Soldiers
C
Engineers
D
Laywers

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What did the critics think about the Gothic novel genre?
A
They loved it
B
They thought it needed a more realistic setting
C
They thought the books were rubbish
D
They were indifferent about the genre

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Check the reader: 
- Read the introduction
- Check the assignments (friday first deadline)

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

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Assignment Work time
Answering 7 questions!
Only 1 actually about the reader
6 about your own favourite character and bringing him/her/it back to life 
Be creative, you might even want to bring back a deceased dog or cat

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19th century

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