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British Literature through Time

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• British Literature through Time
• Anglo-Saxon
• Neoclassical/Restoration
• Modern/Post-Modern
• Medieval
• Romantic
• Contemporary
• Renaissance
• Victorian

Modern/Post Modern Period of Literature
Years: 1900-1980

Content:
   *lonely individual fighting to find peace and comfort in a world that has lost its absolute values and traditions  
   * man is nothing except what he makes of himself  
   * a belief in situational ethics—no absolute values. Decisions are based on the situation one is involved in at the moment  
    *mixing of fantasy with nonfiction; blurs lines of reality for reader 
    * loss of the hero in literature
    * destruction made possible by technology

Genres/Styles:

   * poetry: free verse
   * epiphanies begin to appear in literature  
   * speeches  
   * memoir  
   * novels  
       

Ø       stream of consciousness

Ø       detached, unemotional, humorless

Ø       present tense

Ø       magic realism    

Effect:
  *an approach to life: “Seize life for the moment and get all you can out of it.”

Historical Context:

   *British Empire loses 1 million soldiers to World War I

   * Winston Churchill leads Britain through WW II, and the Germans bomb England directly

   *  British colonies  demand independence

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