Modernist literature

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Modernist literature

What do you remember about modernist literature?

Did you learn anything surprising from this video?

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Read 'The mark on the wall' by Virginia Woolf

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What do you call this style of writing?

1. run-on-sentences
2. metaphor
3. literary language
4. stream-of-consciousness

Topics discussed in "the mark
on the wall"

What did you think of this short story? Did you enjoy it? Why/Why not?

"If one wants to compare life to anything, one must liken it to being blown through the Tube at fifty miles an hour."

What do you think of this quote? Do you agree?

Is this story like anything you've read before? If yes, which story/novel/...?

Don't forget to read your novels!