LIterary Eras FORM 4

Question 1

1550 - 1660

Answer 1

Renaissance

Question 2

Authors in Renaissance

Answer 2

Plato
Plutarch
Socrates

Question 3

Main types of text in Renaissance

Answer 3

Poetry and Drama

Question 4

Themes of writing in Renaissance

Answer 4

Interested in thoughts of the Ancient World- inspired by or retelling old Greek and Roman Stories

What it means to be human

New era or art and culture - The ReBIrth or ReAwakening after the middle ages

Question 5

1660 - 1790 era

Answer 5

Enlightment and Neoclassical

Question 6

Writers in the Enlightenment

Answer 6

Robert Swift
John Locke

Question 7

Influential events in the Enlightenment

Answer 7

TBD

Question 8

Types of writing in the Enlightenment

Answer 8

Start of the modern novel

Question 9

What event meant end of faith in Enlightenment ideas

Answer 9

the French Revolution

Question 10

1790-1830 era

Answer 10

Romantic era

Question 11

Authors in the Romantic Era

Answer 11

Wordsworth
John Keats

Question 12

Events influencing the Romantic Era

Answer 12

Urbanisation
Industrialisation
Loss of nature through buildings

Question 13

Types of writing in Romantic Era

Answer 13

Romantic Poetry
Gothic NOvel

Question 14

Themes in Romantic Era

Answer 14

Celebrating nature
Exploring feelings
Beauty
Freedom from rules/Spontentaity
Emphasis on individualism not society

Question 15

1830-1901

Answer 15

Victorian Era

Question 16

Writers in the Victorian Era

Answer 16

George Elliot
Charles Dickens
Thomas Hardy
Bronte Sisters

Question 17

Form and themes in writing in Victorian Era

Answer 17

The Novel was most prominent form of literature

Themes
- Theory of Evolution (Darwin);
- adventures in the sea
- criticism of war
- fables

Question 18

1901 - 1945

Answer 18

Modernist Era

Question 19

Modernist Authors

Answer 19

Ernest Hemingway

Question 20

Events influencing Modernist Writers

Answer 20

Spanish Flu
WW One
WW two
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Question 21

Themes in Modernist Writing

Answer 21

Exploring the trauma of conflict or war - confusion isolation

Writing about inner psychology - what do people think they way they do

Writing about chaos in the world and irrationality

Question 22

1945 to present

Answer 22

Port Modernism

Question 23

Author in Post Modernism

Answer 23

Kurt Vonnegut

Question 24

Themes in Post Modernist writing

Answer 24

Realistic depictions of major events in their time

Sceptism
Suspicion of reason - is anyone telling the truth?

Role of ideology in asserting political or economic power

Gay Rights Civil Rights Feminism

Question 25

Events influencing POst Modernist writers

Answer 25

World Wide Web TV Civil Rights Gay movemnet Feminism Revelation of Holecaust

Question 26

What date was Renaissance Era

Answer 26

15505-1660

Question 27

Date of Enlightenment

Answer 27

1660 - 1790

Question 28

date of Romantic

Answer 28

1790-1830

Question 29

date of Victorian

Answer 29

1830-1901

Question 30

date of Modernist

Answer 30

1901-1945

Question 31

date of post modernist

Answer 31

1945 to present

Question 32

Nature was a theme of what era ?

Answer 32

Romanitic

Question 33

trauma, conflict and isolation was a theme in what era

Answer 33

Modernist - from the wars

Question 34

the Ancient World was a theme in what era

Answer 34

Renaissance

Question 35

What does Renaissance mean

Answer 35

the rebirth or reawakening - a new era in art and cultre (after the Middle Ages)

Question 36

What era was inspired by Ancient greek and roman stories

Answer 36

The renaissance

Question 37

What era was influenced by TV and the World Wide Web

Answer 37

post modernist

Question 38

what era are the Bronte Sisters from

Answer 38

Victorian

Question 39

what era has the themes - loss of trust in politics and religion - limiting the power of kings - less focus on God

Answer 39

Enlightenment Period

Question 40

what era had the theme or loss of access to nature

Answer 40

Romantic - they celebrated nature but were also losing access to nature because of urbanization and industrialization