Victorian Era 1
The British Empire under Queen Victoria's rule was called the empire on which...
the sun never sets
Define documentary novel. How is this similar or different from the dramatic monologue?
a novel composed of documents - letters, diary entries, newspaper clippings
it's different because it has multiple voices who have partial knowledge of events
Who was The New Woman?
Transgressive new version of femininity. She demanded more social and sexual freedom.
criminology and degeneration (respectively)
What is stream of consciousness?
a narrative technique conveying the continuous flow of thoughts, memories, and sensations through the mind
Three major scientific/ technological discoveries in the Victorian Era
electromagnetism, evolution, germ theory
How does the opening page of Dracula invoke the East vs. West theme?
the bridge over the Danube which connects Buda and Pest
List three ways in which the unconscious mind manifests itself in Dracula
sleepwalking, sexual dreams, hypnosis
What is modernism and when (ish) did it happen?
an artistic movement; 1900-1940 ish
What is Woolf's tunneling method?
she "digs out beautiful caves behind her characters", their thoughts and minds
Under what legal code did women live in Victorian England?
Coverture! Women were 'covered' by their husbands!
Define Gothic
Victorian genre of horror evoking medievalism
In terms of womanhood and motherhood how are Lucy and Mina different?
Mina is nurturing and protective; Lucy is a perversion of these values as she acts provocatively and attacks children
What main historical event shaped modernism?
WWI
How does the tunneling method relate to the multiple POV's in Mrs. Dalloway?
the "caves" connect the minds of one character to another
Define dramatic monologue and give an example (title/author) of one we've read in class.
a poem spoken by a fictional persona who reveals things about himself, "My Last Duchess", Browning
or "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", Eliot
ancient and crumbling castles, supernatural creatures, dark and stormy nights
What is invasion literature and how does it relate to colonialism?
stories about Britain being invaded, this shows a fear of "reverse colonization"
What are some of modernist art's main themes?
fragmentation, subjectivity, history, disillusionment, paralysis
What are some of the tools Virginia Woolf uses to express the theme of fragmentation?
tunneling, stream of consciousness, free indirect speech
What is an elegy? What was the name of Tennyson's?
a poem of grief of something lost or someone who has dies, "In Memoriam"
men: active, adventurous, appetite for conquest
women: passive, home bound, protected from having 'appetites'
What are Vampires the embodiment of?
Victorian Anxieties! disease, empire, The New Woman, sexuality, the unconscious mind
modernism's main techniques?
stream of consciousness, free indirect speech, collage of perspectives, allusion to other texts
What are some of the themes Mrs. Dalloway's skywriting scene expresses?
fragmentation, collage of perspectives, mental illness