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For my personal project, I chose to focus on the changes that bring about the different eras of literature. I specifically looked at the Romantic Period, the rise of Science Fiction and the Real Life genre. In the future, I believe that the ideas behind the three genres that I explored will combine to influence future literature, as technology advances and AI becomes intertwined with our world. Changes in the world are reflected through literature and works published during that time.

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The Industrial Revolution began in the mid 18th century, at around 1760. It transformed economies by shifting from the agricultural industry to predominantly the mechanical one.

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Liberty Leading The People by Eugene Delacroix

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Liberty Leading The People by Eugene Delacroix

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Wanderer Above The Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich

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Wanderer Above The Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich

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The Romantic Era began in approximately 1798 and lasted until 1837. It was a time of political and social change. Citizens called more openly for the abolition of slavery and expressed their ideas with less criticism. Romantic literature and art often focused on nature, emotions and human flaws.

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The Romantic Era was vastly connected to the Industrial Revolution. And the idea of romanticism is often considered the reaction to the sudden industrial changes that occurred. The Industrial Revolution, pushed people to look at nature and the beauty of natural things, rather than the machine like structures that they were surrounded with. This brought about the Romantic Era in literature.

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Science Fiction is speculative fiction that imagines futuristic advanced ideas and technologies. It rose to popularity in the 20th century, with novels such as 1984, Dune, I Robot and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The mid 1900's is also referred to as the 'golden age' of science fiction. There were some earlier science fiction novels in the 19th century, such as Frankenstein by Marry Shelley. But the 20th centruy is when the genre gained wide public attention.

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During the 20th century, the world underwent significant change with drastic technological advancement that changed the world and the way that we live.

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With the rise of new technologies, new ideas and concepts approached the world. Writers latched onto those ideas and began to imagine a world with even more developed technologies. These ideas formed the basis of the 20th century Science Fiction genre.

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Realistic Fiction has risen to popularity in the last few years and is widely known and read across the world today. Books classified in the real life genre, often focus on the themes of growing up, understanding yourself and world issues.

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Recently there have been protests and movements expressing ideas and fighting for justice. It is becoming more common for issues to be talked of and awareness to be raised around these issues that were previously shunned and hidden.

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Humanist movements and the raising of awareness of issues has led to literature more widely expressing these issues. These ideas created the realistic fiction genre and brought it to popularity in the last few years.

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In the future, technology will advance and AI will become intertwined with everything that we do. This could lead to polarisation in the world with those who are against AI and those who are for AI. There could be negative reactions and fear against the machines. Similarly to the romantic period, people may begin to value art and nature more. A greater appreciation of the imperfectness of human craftmanship rather than the seemingly flawless things that AI create, may develop. I predict that there will be an influence of Science Fiction as technology continues to develop and the Real Life genre will also expand to cover the change in relationships as our world becomes dominated by AI.

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