5. The Industrial novel

Question 1

What did the industrial novel focus on?

Answer 1

the social, political and economic issues of industrialised life

Question 2

What lngs were used in the industrial novel

Answer 2

Welsh or English

Question 3

What does the industrial novel usually describe and why?

Answer 3

miner communities (welsh working class -> coal/slate industries)

Question 4

When was Wales an industrial powerhouse?

Answer 4

Up to 1914

Question 5

Peak of the industrial novel

Answer 5

1930s

Question 6

Name three industrial novels

Answer 6

1. “Traed Mewn Cyffion” by Kate Roberts
2. “Cwmardy” by Lewis Jones
3. “How Green Was My Valley” by Richard Llewellyn

Question 7

Who wrote “Traed Mewn Cyffion” (Feet in chains), where were they also mentioned in the flashcards?

Answer 7

Kate Roberts -wrote about the war in 1930s (Feet in chains is also abt it)

Question 8

Themes in “Feet in chains” by Kate Roberts:

Answer 8

-WW1
-family (disintegration), portrayal of 3 generations
-poverty, Welsh awakening

Question 9

Attitude towards the war portrayed in “Feet in chains” by Kate Roberts:

Answer 9

at first: “it won’t affect us”
then: affects them
Twm dies (reflection of her brother)

Question 10

Who wrote “Cwmardy” + what about

Answer 10

Lewis Jones
(wrote abt the war in 1930s)
WW1 as a class struggle

Question 11

Themes in “Cwmardy” by Lewis Jones

Answer 11

-communism, miners’ strikes
-WW1 (class struggle)