modernism, postmodernism, and new literatures in English

Question 1

modernism was the period between

Answer 1

1900-1940s

Question 2

two founders of the movement

Answer 2

walt whitman and Emily Dickinson

Question 3

true or false: artistic innovation was not encouraged

Answer 3

false

Question 4

true or false: there was a quest for fresh ways to express oneself

Answer 4

True

Question 5

true or false : modernism is linked to the post war era

Answer 5

True

Question 6

what was a unique technique introduced in the modernism period

Answer 6

stream of consciousness

Question 7

what is stream of consciousness?

Answer 7

it typically disregards orderly sentence structure and incorporates fragments of thought in an attempt to capture the flow of characters’ mental processes

Question 8

Edwardian era often spans which years?

Answer 8

1901- 1914
from the conclusion of Victorian era to start of WW1

Question 9

qualities of writing from the Edwardian period

Answer 9

posing social questions
novel approaches to narrative
the popular novel rise

Question 10

characteristics of Georgian poetry

Answer 10

innocent, romantic, and emotional
rigid rhyme schemes and metres

Question 11

Georgian era comprises of which years

Answer 11

1910-1936
king George 5 reign

Question 12

name three Georgian poets

Answer 12

Robert graves
Edmund Charles blunden
Walter de la mare

Question 13

what are the features of Georgian poetry

Answer 13

formal methods
romanticism
emotionality

Question 14

give two examples of Georgian poetry

Answer 14

the cool web by Robert grave
the great lover by Rupert brooke

Question 23

what was the imagist movement

Answer 23

a literary movement that emerged in the early 20th century, primarily in England and America, emphasizing precise imagery and clear, sharp language in poetry

Question 24

how was the 1930s literature like

Answer 24

depressing and gloomy because of the great war, emergence of fascism, spanish civil war