Literary Movements by Corrin Williams

Literary Movements by Corrin Williams https://padlet.com/cwilliams0969/bvwbvevy97p6 Made with eyes on the prize en-us 2017-09-12 19:59:00 UTC 2017-09-16 03:11:51 UTC hello@padlet.com Natural / Realism cwilliams0969 https://padlet.com/cwilliams0969/bvwbvevy97p6/wish/186959544 Definition: Naturalism and realism are used to tell a story without any supernatural elements. However, naturalism is more extreme than realism. It is more scientifically based and is more about a real-world perspective.
Facts:

Used in late 19th century
Originated in France
Realists tried to portray how life was like in the different classes in society.
This movement was evident after World War I. It was important because people were still trying to figure out the solutions to their problems that surfaced during the war.
Realism accurately depicted life and its problems.
Authors relate their characters to their life and experiences
Authors did not believe that the plot should have a typical structure because life does not follow a specific plot.
Realism seeks truth.
Instead of focusing on romanticizing things, realism emphasizes emotion and the individual.
Characters are motivated by emotions such as greed, lust, or anger.
Realism pays attention to details.
Realism uses a specific time and place.
Realism focuses on social relations, survival of the fittest, growing cities, and the social classes.
Realism depicts the daily lives of people. Sometimes authors describe the struggles face by people in certain social classes or reality and feelings or situations that the reader can relate to.
Omniscient Narrator

Famous Authors

Honoré de Balzac
- known as the founder of realism
- he depicted the aspects of living in a French society
- he was one of the first people to focus on the life of ordinary people.
- The Human Comedy
Gustave Flaubert
- one of the founders of the realist movements
- he wrote about daily life in immense detail
George Eliot
- actual name was Mary Ann Evans
- used a male name so people would read her work
- English novelist during Victorian era
- made realism more popular in English culture

Famous Novels

The Human Comedy
- Honoré de Balzac
The Great Gatsby
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
Madame Bovary
Sentimental Education
- Gustave Flaubert
War and Peace
Anna Karenina
- Leo Tolstoy
Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life
The Mill on the Floss
- George Eliot

]]> 2017-09-12 20:01:29 UTC https://padlet.com/cwilliams0969/bvwbvevy97p6/wish/186959544 Modernism cwilliams0969 https://padlet.com/cwilliams0969/bvwbvevy97p6/wish/187355455 Definition: Modernism is the opposite of romanticism. It focuses on the problems society instead of focusing on the expectations of society. It focuses on the faults of mankind.
Facts:

Became popular in the 1910's
First person
Does not have a typical plot
Portrays social progress by rejecting religion and morales of society
Addresses corruption
Got rid of innocent characters
Describe character's thoughts a little too much
Modernist authors were rebellious
uses symbols, details allegories
characters feel isolated
focused on logical, rational, and scientific ideas
stream of conscieness
psychology
examined the world in depth
rise of capitalism

Famous Authors

Ezra Pound
- American poet
- used syntax, diction, and imagery
James Joyce
- Irish author who wrote poems, novels, essays, and plays
Virginia Woolf
- one of the first to use the stream-of-consciousness technique
Franz Kafka
- German Jew that wrote about the isolation of modern man

Famous Novels

Hugh Selwyn Mauberly
- Ezra Pound
Ulysses
- James Joyce
Mrs. Dalloway
Orlando
- Virginia Woolf
The Metamorphosis
- Franz Kafka

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Facts:

Post WWII
relies on paradox, unreliable narrator, fragmentation
deconstructionist approaches
critiques modernism
everything was subjective
believes post capitalist society ruined human nature
highlight society's entrenchment in society's higherarchy
socialism
intertextuality
metafiction
maximalism
irony
did not believe everything was universal
mixture of conventional styles
mid 20th century

Famous Authors

Kurt Vonnegut
- known as major satirist
- He talks about the horrors from WWII
Jorge Luis Borge
- only wrote short stories because they got to the point
Samuel Beckett
- focused on why modernism and certain languages and arts have failed
Vladimir Nabokov
- both a modernist and postmodernist author

Famous Novels

Slaughterhouse-Five
Breakfast of Champions
Chew on This
- Kurt Vonnegut
Waiting for Godot
Chew on This
- Samuel Beckett
Lolita
Pale Fire
- Vladimir Nabokov

]]> 2017-09-15 21:26:20 UTC https://padlet.com/cwilliams0969/bvwbvevy97p6/wish/188103771 Contemporary cwilliams0969 https://padlet.com/cwilliams0969/bvwbvevy97p6/wish/188116150 Definition: Contemporary literature has a more harsh reality. It is based on believable stories. The author's goal is to make the reader feel as if they can relate to the characters and circumstances of the story
Facts:

It started in 1945 and is still present in literature today
Contemporary works focus on injustice and civil rights
shows the cultures of modern society
belief that there is no God
WWII kick started this new writing style
themes such as dehumanization, search for self, love, freedom, the art of living, and justice
uses antithesis, theme, allusion, analogy, pun

Famous Authors:

Natalie Baszile
Mat Johnson
James Hannaham
Helen Oyeyemi

Famous Novels:

The Scarlet Letter
World's End
Chicago
The Catcher on the Rye

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