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Modern Period (1900-present) Flashcards

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What norms were broken down in the Modern Era?

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Social norms

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What meanings have been embodied in Modern writing?

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Social meanings

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What 2 features of Modern writing had been separated from context?

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Meanings

Senses

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What unmanageable, despairing behaviours were portrayed in Modern writing?

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Despairing individual behaviours

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What loneliness did characters experience in Modern writing?

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Spiritual loneliness

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What feeling did characters experience in Modern writing?

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Alienation

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What would readers feel when reading Modern writing?

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Frustration

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What did characters face in Modern writing?

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Disillusionment

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What characteristic of society was rejected in the Modern Period?

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History

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What outdated systems were rejected in the Modern Era?

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Outdated social systems

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What 2 types of thought were objected to in the Modern Era?

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Religious & traditional thoughts

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12
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What past concept was introduced in Modern writing?

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Mythology

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What 2 wars affected humanity in the Modern Era?

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World War I

World War II

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What type of verse was prominent in Modern writing?

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Free verse

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What ideas did characters have in Modern writing?

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Epiphanies

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What 3 types of writing were most used in the Modern Period?

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Speeches
Memoirs
Novels

17
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What kind of stream influenced Modern writing?

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Streams of consciousness

18
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What did Modern literature search for?

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“Truths”

19
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What 2 deep concepts were discovered in Modern literature?

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Deep ideas

Deep meanings

20
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How many British soldiers died in World War I?

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A million

21
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Which PM led Britain through World War II?

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Winston Churchill

22
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What country did Germany directly bomb during World War II?

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Britain

23
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What did British Colonies demand in the Modern Era?

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Independence from the Empire

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Who was a key author of the Modern Period? What is an example of their work?

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George Orwell

Nineteen-Eighty-Four

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