Modern Period (1900-present) Flashcards
What norms were broken down in the Modern Era?
Social norms
What meanings have been embodied in Modern writing?
Social meanings
What 2 features of Modern writing had been separated from context?
Meanings
Senses
What unmanageable, despairing behaviours were portrayed in Modern writing?
Despairing individual behaviours
What loneliness did characters experience in Modern writing?
Spiritual loneliness
What feeling did characters experience in Modern writing?
Alienation
What would readers feel when reading Modern writing?
Frustration
What did characters face in Modern writing?
Disillusionment
What characteristic of society was rejected in the Modern Period?
History
What outdated systems were rejected in the Modern Era?
Outdated social systems
What 2 types of thought were objected to in the Modern Era?
Religious & traditional thoughts
What past concept was introduced in Modern writing?
Mythology
What 2 wars affected humanity in the Modern Era?
World War I
World War II
What type of verse was prominent in Modern writing?
Free verse
What ideas did characters have in Modern writing?
Epiphanies
What 3 types of writing were most used in the Modern Period?
Speeches
Memoirs
Novels
What kind of stream influenced Modern writing?
Streams of consciousness
What did Modern literature search for?
“Truths”
What 2 deep concepts were discovered in Modern literature?
Deep ideas
Deep meanings
How many British soldiers died in World War I?
A million
Which PM led Britain through World War II?
Winston Churchill
What country did Germany directly bomb during World War II?
Britain
What did British Colonies demand in the Modern Era?
Independence from the Empire
Who was a key author of the Modern Period? What is an example of their work?
George Orwell
Nineteen-Eighty-Four
