Contemporary Welsh literature -summary

Question 1

Father of the Welsh realistic novel:

Answer 1

Daniel Owen (19th century)

Question 2

Why did the novel in Welsh emerge so late? (2 reasons)

Answer 2

-at first it was only for higher classes
-novels seen as immortal by Methodists

Question 3

When was Wales the industrial powerhouse?

Answer 3

Up to 1914 -coal export

Question 4

When was Cardiff made the capital?

Answer 4

1955

Question 5

What was historically the majority party in Wales, what is it today?

Answer 5

Liberal -> Labour (today)

Question 6

Sunday Closing Act (year, meaning)

Answer 6

1881,
church > bar

Question 7

Pre- WW1 prose:

Answer 7

Realistic (but “escapist”), criticism toward non-conformists and their hypocrisy (pure outside, dark inside)

Question 8

Major figures in the Welsh 20th.c. poems:

Answer 8

-T. Gwym Jones
-R. Williams Parry
-T.H. Parry

Question 9

Describe T. Gwym Jones’ works:

Answer 9

-poems, novels:
-early 20th.c
-master of cynghanedd
-mythological/medieval setting

Question 10

Describe R. Williams Parry’s works:

Answer 10

-poems
-early 20.th.c
-master of cynghanedd
-beloved poems: simple, appealing to everyday life

Question 11

Describe T.H. Parry Williams:

Answer 11

-100 essays
-poems & prose
-early 20th.c.
-professor of Welsh

Question 11

Whose poems are “Yr Haf”, “Y Llwynog”?

Answer 11

R. Williams Parry