Literary history - part 3

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This lesson contains 16 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

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Literary History

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Part 3

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Terminology
How well do you know the terminology that belongs to literary history?

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Victorianism

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What are the major events that took place during Queen Victoria's reign?
A
huge growth in population
B
poor conditions for the working class
C
changing world views
D
improvements in technology

Slide 5 - Quiz

What are the key features of Victorian literature?

Slide 6 - Mind map

Middlemarch
Oliver Twist
The Lady of Shalott
Charles Dickens
George Eliot
Lord Alfred Tennyson

Slide 7 - Drag question

Modernism

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Which word describes Moderist literature best?

Slide 9 - Mind map

What makes literature of Moderism so 'weird'?
A
nonlinearity
B
streams of consciousness
C
irony and satire
D
allusions

Slide 10 - Quiz

To the Lighthouse
Waiting for Godot
The Waste Land
Virginia Woolf
T.S. Eliot
Samuel Beckett

Slide 11 - Drag question

Postmodernism

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After which major event did Postmoderism start?

Slide 13 - Mind map

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

Slide 14 - Mind map

Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas
American Psycho
Blade Runner
Bret Easton Ellis
Philip K. Dick
Hunter S. Thompson

Slide 15 - Drag question

Part 1:

  • Medieval Period
  • Renaissance
  • Caroline / Interregnum / Restoration
Part 2:

  • Enlightenment
  • Neclassicism
  • Romanticism
  • Gothic

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