3 Nicknames of the 20th Century and Why
Age of Violence: wars and crimeAge of Technology: weapons, medicine, book producingAge of Anxiety: bombs, war aftermath, depression, abuse of earth
Who was a psychologist?
Freud
Define Dystopian Fiction
Futuristic imaginative society in which there is an absolute power and oppressive control and the government makes it seem perfect but it’s not
Reasons for Dystopian Novels
WarningUnfunny satire
Characteristics of Dystopian Societies
Mind control (propoganda)Restrictions on information Restrictions on independent thought and freedom Atmosphere of fear or paranoiaConstant surveillance Uniformity Restriction on relationships
Characteristics of Dystopian Protagonists
Against the governmentMore intelligent and awareQuestions the system
What were the war poets’ outlook on the war?
They thought it was bad and destructive
Pygmalion Theme
Big gap in classesLanguage proved it
Define Modernism
Movement in the arts in the early 20th century creating and experimenting with something new
Modernism Characteristics
DifferentBreaks rulesFracture time Elitism Internal monologue
Stream of Consciousness (SOC)
Show the way our minds work Inside character’s thoughts
3 Stream of Consciousness Writers
WoolfJoyce(Lawrence)
Which writer read all of the books in the library and why?
Virginia Woolf because her father didn’t send her to college
Who was depressed and drowned in a river?
Woolf
Who was a feminist?
Woolf
Who started the Bloomsbury Group?
Woolf
Irish SOC Writer
James Joyce
In Araby, who does the boy want to impress?
His friend’s older sister
In Araby, why is the boy mad at the end?
He has an epiphany and realizes that he has been vain to think that if he got her a gift she would notice him more
Who married a German and was disliked by the British?
D.H.
Lawrence
In “The Rocking-Horse Winner,” what is it better to have, luck or lucre?
The mother says luck because you can get more money with it
In “The Rocking-Horse Winner,” what does the mother do when she is told that she will be given money each year for her birthday?
Demands it be given to her fully
In “The Rocking-Horse Winner,” what does money do to the mother?
Makes her even more greedy
In “The Rocking-Horse Winner,” what is ironic?
He overworked himself to make the mother happy, but he dies
Define Fantasy Fiction
A work of literature in which it takes us out of this world through magic and myth (has medieval elements)
3 Fantasy Writers
Tolkien C.S. LewisRowling
Who combined fiction with reality?
Tolkien
Realism
Showed life how is really is through concrete imagery
Where was Doris Lessing from?
Zimbabwe (Rhodesia)
8 Nobel Prize Winner
KiplingYeatsShawEliotBeckett Golding GordimerLessing
3 Pop Fiction Writers
ChristieWodehouseRowling
What does “Wasteland” represent a lack of?
Spirituality
What tone is “Preludes?”
Pessimistic
In “Preludes,” who is you?
A dirty woman
In “Journey of the Magi,” what was the wiseman’s trip like?
Difficult
In “Journey of the Magi,” what does birth symbolize?
New time New religion
Who was an Irish senator?
Yates
Who studied mythology?
Yeats
Who founded the Abbey Theatre and what did it do?
YatesSupported local writers
In “Sailing to Byzantium,” what does Byzantium symbolize?
The world of art
In “Sailing to Byzantium,” what does the music stand for?
Youth
In “Sailing to Byzantium,” how does the man feel?
Like he doesn’t have a purpose and is worn out
In “Sailing to Byzantium,” what is mortal dress?
Body
In “Sailing to Byzantium,” what does the man want to become and why?
A golden bird because it sings and never dies
Villanelle
A 19 line form using only two rhymes and repeating two of the lines according to a set patternLines 1 and 3 of the opening stanza occur throughoutaba aba aba aba aba abaa
Which poem is a villanelle?
“Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night”
In “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night,” who is the speaker talking to?
His dying father
Which writer was born in England but moved to the US?
Auden
Which writer was born in the US but moved to England?
Eliot
What is the theme of “Musée de Beaux Arts?”
Life goes on People don’t care/don’t help They have more important things to do
Imagism
A movement in poetry in which the poet tries to create a sharp picture with descriptive words (Eliot)
Theatre of the Absurd
Modernist development and dramaDisregards traditional dramasNo costumes/sceneryIllogicalLife is absurd
Who is the current poet laureate?
Carol Anne Duffy
