The Literature of Love: Understanding key contextual differences between 19thC writing and 20thC writing

Question 1

Liberalisation of attitudes

Answer 1

20th C

Question 2

Fragmentation of conventional family structure

Answer 2

20th C

Question 3

Growth of interest in psychoanalysis - interest in exploring protagonist’s repressed subconscious desires

Answer 3

20th C

E.g. Freud

Question 4

Realistic novels

Answer 4

19th C

E.g. Middlemarch and Dickens

Question 5

Conflict between those in power and the common masses of labourers and the poor

Answer 5

19th C

Industrialisation gave the middle classes more social mobility
Change
Labour Party created

Question 6

Feminism

Answer 6

20th C

Emerged in the 60s and 70s

Question 7

Marriage for life

Answer 7

19th C

Question 8

Spiritual alienation and disillusionment

Answer 8

20th C

Question 9

Consumerism

Answer 9

20th C

Question 10

Increasingly short-term view of relationships

Answer 10

20th C

Question 11

Separate spheres and strict division of gender roles

Answer 11

19th C

Question 12

Experimental style of writing and unconventional metaphors

Answer 12

20th C

Question 13

Cynical attitude towards love

Answer 13

20th C

Question 14

Rise of middle classes and social class tensions

Answer 14

19th C

Question 15

Emerging struggle between science and religion

Answer 15

19th C/ Early 20th

Darwinism

Question 16

Challenging social norms and rebellion against tradition

Answer 16

20th C

Question 17

Mistrust of institutions e.g. government and religion

Answer 17

20th C

Question 18

Urbanisation vs Nature

Answer 18

19th C

As a result of the Industrial Revolution

Question 19

Constraint and Escapism

The lives of women

Answer 19

19th C

Question 20

Stream of consciousness writing style

Answer 20

Early 20th C

Question 21

Idealised view of women - “angels of the house”

Answer 21

19th C

Question 22

Prudery and Decorum

Answer 22

19th C