Vocabulary
A noun meaning, "the state of being greatly interested in or delighted by something" - also the title of a song by Alphabeat.
What is fascination?
The war that had a significant impact on art and literature in modern times.
An 1980s term for a young city-person, who is preoccupied with their career
What is a yuppie?
This Shakespeare play is about the young prince of Denmark.
What is Hamlet?
This period of great economic growth and technological development emerged in the late 1700s and continued throughout the 1800s.
What is The Industrial Revolution/The Industrialization?
A noun that describes "a devotion to and vigorous support for one's country"
What is patriotism?
Because of World War I, many people experienced a loss of faith in --this-- throughout the Modern Period.
What is "humanity"?
When a text contains allusions to other texts.
Intertextuality
A period in the 1400-1500s that means "rebirth" in French.
What is The Renaissance?
The author of Dracula.
Who is Bram Stoker?
An adjective meaning very old or old-fashioned (The Elizabethan Era is sometimes called this)
What is archaic?
What is "The Great War"?
A noun meaning "excessive interest in or admiration of oneself and one's physical appearance". Typical of (some) Postmodern characters.
What is narcissism?
The historical period that preceded the Elizabethan Era.
What is the Middle Ages?
The American poet who wrote "The Tell-tale Heart".
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
An adjective meaning "strange in a frightening and mysterious way"
What is eerie?
Who is Edvard Munch?
A stylistic tool in which the postmodern writer makes it known that the reader is reading a fictional text, for instance by addressing the reader directly within the text.
What is Metafiction?
A Shakespearean play about a Scottish General, who overthrows King Duncan and takes the Scottish throne.
What is Macbeth?
A Gothic novel about doppelgangers. Written by Robert Louis Stevenson.
What is "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde?"
A noun meaning "the complete loss or absence of hope"
What is despair?
Finish the Latin phrase in Wilfred Owen's poem:
"Dulce est decorum est..."
A term coined by Roland Barthes that states that readers must find their own interpretations of a given text, since the author's thoughts and intentions are irrelevant or obsolete.
What is "The Death of the Author"?
The Elizabethan Era was also called this.
What is the "golden age"?
A French word for a literary person who likes to wander around and think.