The Literature of Love: Understanding key contextual differences between 19thC writing and 20thC writing Flashcards
Liberalisation of attitudes
20th C
Fragmentation of conventional family structure
20th C
Growth of interest in psychoanalysis - interest in exploring protagonist’s repressed subconscious desires
20th C
E.g. Freud
Realistic novels
19th C
E.g. Middlemarch and Dickens
Conflict between those in power and the common masses of labourers and the poor
19th C
Industrialisation gave the middle classes more social mobility
Change
Labour Party created
Feminism
20th C
Emerged in the 60s and 70s
Marriage for life
19th C
Spiritual alienation and disillusionment
20th C
Consumerism
20th C
Increasingly short-term view of relationships
20th C
Separate spheres and strict division of gender roles
19th C
Experimental style of writing and unconventional metaphors
20th C
Cynical attitude towards love
20th C
Rise of middle classes and social class tensions
19th C
Emerging struggle between science and religion
19th C/ Early 20th
Darwinism
Challenging social norms and rebellion against tradition
20th C
Mistrust of institutions e.g. government and religion
20th C
Urbanisation vs Nature
19th C
As a result of the Industrial Revolution
Constraint and Escapism
The lives of women
19th C
Stream of consciousness writing style
Early 20th C
Idealised view of women - “angels of the house”
19th C
Prudery and Decorum
19th C