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What is a literary movement?
A literary movement is a group of writers sharing similar ideas, themes, and styles influenced by a particular historical period.
What is a literary school?
A literary school is a smaller group of writers who follow specific stylistic or philosophical principles within or across movements.
Which movement emphasizes order, harmony, and balance?
Classicism
Name one classical writer.
Homer
What is the main focus of Romanticism?
Emotion, imagination, and nature
Name one Romantic poet
William Wordsworth
Which movement focuses on everyday life and ordinary people?
Realism
Name a Realist writer.
Leo Tolstoy
What is Naturalism mainly influenced by?
Science and determinism
Who is a key Naturalist writer?
Émile Zola
What is a key feature of Modernism?
Fragmentation and stream of consciousness
Name a Modernist writer
James Joyce
What does Postmodernism question?
The idea of absolute truth and fixed meaning
What is metafiction?
Answer: A type of writing that is self-aware and draws attention to itself as a constructed text
Which literary school uses symbols to express deeper meaning?
Answer: Symbolism
Name a Symbolist writer.
Answer: Charles Baudelaire
What is Surrealism inspired by?
Answer: Dreams and the unconscious mind
Who founded Surrealism?
Answer: André Breton
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
Answer: A cultural and literary movement celebrating African American identity in the 1920s
Name one Harlem Renaissance writer.
Answer: Langston Hughes
Which movement would most likely describe a character controlled by environment and heredity?
Answer: Naturalism
A story written with fragmented structure and inner thoughts belongs to which movement?
Answer: Modernism
A poem celebrating nature and personal emotion belongs to which movement?
Answer: Romanticism
A novel focusing on daily life without exaggeration belongs to which movement?
Answer: Realism
How does Modernism differ from Postmodernism in its treatment of meaning?
Answer: Modernism seeks meaning in a fragmented world, while Postmodernism rejects the idea of fixed meaning and embraces ambiguity and uncertainty.