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    Literary

    movements
    &
    Sociopolitical
    contexts
    Literary Movements
    Pieces of literature in a period of time
    Shared genres, themes, styles or views

    2
    RELIGION
    ORAL TRADITIONS
    RE-TELLERS
    MORALS AND VALUES

    MEDIEVAL
    LITERATURE
    MEDIEVAL PERIOD
    (600 AD to 1500)

    ⬗ Transition from Anglo-Saxon to the


    “modern” English
    ⬗ Only the high, religious people can create
    literature
    ⬗ Literature as religious worship / means of
    teaching values
    ⬗ Canterbury Tales by Geoffrrey Chaucer
    ⬗ The Divine Comedy by Dante Aligheri

    4
    REBIRTH
    HUMANISM
    INDIVIDUAL THINKING
    DIGNITY OF MAN

    RENAISSANCE
    LITERATURE
    RENAISSANCE PERIOD
    (1558 to 1603)

    ⬗ “Rebirth” of thinking
    ⬗ Man outside of religion
    ⬗ Greek and Roman influences
    ⬗ Literature as art instead of worship
    ⬗ Poetry and drama as dominant forms
    ⬗ William Shakespeare, John Milton, Miguel
    de Cervantes

    6
    DEATH
    SUPERNATURAL
    IRRATIONALITY
    DARKNESS

    GOTHIC
    LITERATURE
    GOTHIC PERIOD
    (1764 to 1820)

    ⬗ Dark, horrifying, morbid


    ⬗ Themes of supernatural and irrational
    ⬗ Horror stories like Dracula
    ⬗ Horace Walpole as the pioneer
    ⬗ Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
    ⬗ The Cask of Amontillado by E.A. Poe

    8
    BEAUTY
    EMOTION
    SPONTANEITY
    ESCAPING REALITY

    ROMANTICISM
    LITERATURE
    ROMANTICISM PERIOD
    (1798 to 1832)

    ⬗ Heart over Head


    ⬗ Value of emotion, imagination and
    spontaneity
    ⬗ Literature as an escape from reality
    ⬗ Things as something beautiful and magical
    ⬗ Jane Austen, William Wordsworth, Lord
    Byron

    10
    HARSH TRUTH
    HONESTY
    A MIRROR OF LIFE
    ORDINARY LIVING

    REALISM
    LITERATURE
    REALISM PERIOD
    (1830 to 1900)

    ⬗ Honest, harsh portrayals of a hard life


    ⬗ Themes of poverty and criminality
    ⬗ Approaches life without idealization
    ⬗ Literature as a reflection of truth
    ⬗ Characters are ordinary people with
    mundane lives
    ⬗ Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, George
    Eliot

    12
    BREAKING TRADITION
    NEW STYLES
    EXPERIMENTATION
    FLUIDITY

    MODERNISM
    LITERATURE
    MODERNISM PERIOD
    (1890 to 1940)

    ⬗ Desire to break traditional literary styles


    ⬗ Experimentation on new narrative forms
    ⬗ Unreliable Narrator
    ⬗ Stream of consciousness
    ⬗ Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot, Ernest
    Hemingway

    14
    AFRICAN-AMERICAN
    BLACK CULTURE
    RACE
    DISCRIMINATION

    HARLEM RENAISSANCE
    LITERATURE
    HARLEM RENAISSANCE PERIOD
    (1918 to 1930)

    ⬗ African-American culture
    ⬗ The Great Migration to Harlem, NY
    ⬗ Racial segregation and discrimination
    ⬗ Breaking free from white stereotypes
    ⬗ Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston

    16
    WAR
    DISILLUSIONMENT
    CONFUSION
    “AMERICAN DREAM”

    LOST GENERATION
    LITERATURE
    LOST GENERATION PERIOD
    (1918 to 1930)

    ⬗ 1st World War and the Great Depression


    ⬗ Disillusionment of the war
    ⬗ Gender confusion and role reversal
    ⬗ Distorted “American Dream”
    ⬗ Aimless, reckless, hedonistic
    ⬗ The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
    ⬗ The Sun Also Rises by E. Hemingway

    18
    UNFLITERED
    OBSCENITY
    NONCONFORMING
    FIGHTING CAPITALISM

    BEAT GENERATION
    LITERATURE
    BEAT GENERATION PERIOD
    (1950 to 1960)

    ⬗ Nonconforming hipster and bohemian culture


    ⬗ Against censorship, consumerism and
    capitalism
    ⬗ Unfiltered, loose language
    ⬗ Obscenity, drugs and sex
    ⬗ Beat poets
    ⬗ Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg

    20
    DIVERSITY
    FADING TRADITION
    FREEDOM
    TECHNOLOGY

    POSTMODERNISM
    LITERATURE
    POSTMODERN PERIOD
    (1945 to Present)
    ⬗ Diversity, absence of tradition, freedom
    in style
    ⬗ Technology-driven, consumerist world
    ⬗ Multiple meanings or no meaning at all
    ⬗ “Pastiche”, “faction”, magical realism,
    minimalism & maximalism,
    intertextuality, metafiction
    ⬗ Kurt Vonnegut, William Golding,
    Samuel Beckett

    22
    Literary Approaches
    Perspectives to examining literature

    23
    FORMALIST APPROACH

    Meaning is derived from the text


    independently and objectively

    Form and structure

    Styles, literary elements, writing techniques

    Techniques shape the meaning

    24
    BIOGRAPHICAL APPROACH

    Author’s life is the key to unlocking meaning

    Author’s experiences influence his/her


    writings

    Must be used with caution

    25
    PSYCHOANALYTIC APPROACH

    Based on Sigmund Freud’s studies

    Author’s inner desires and subconscious are


    reflected in his/her works

    Character’s opinions are the author’s opinions

    26
    READER-RESPONSE APPROACH

    The reader’s mind is the focus

    Every interpretation is different

    Individual’s experiences shape his/her


    interpretation

    27
    MARXIST APPROACH

    Based on the writings of Karl Marx

    Struggles of the oppressed against the


    powerful

    Social classes

    Shows how society caters to the interests of


    the dominant groups

    28
    FEMINIST APPROACH

    Based on feminist theories and gender studies

    The unequal treatment of the male and female


    genders

    Questions and challenges gender stereotypes


    and assumptions

    29
    HARRISON BERGERON
    by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

    “THE YEAR WAS 2081,


    and everybody was finally
    equal. They weren't only
    equal before God and the
    law. They were equal
    every which way.”

    30
    HARRISON BERGERON
    by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

     In which literary movement does


    the story most probably belong to?
     What is the main issue or idea in
    the story?
     Do you agree with the people’s
    idea of “equality”? Why/why not?
     What lesson can we get from the
    story?

    31
    HARRISON BERGERON
    by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

    Themes:
    Dystopian Society
    Extreme Egalitarianism
    Forced Equality
    Culture of mediocrity

    32
    Harrison Bergeron
    L.A.S. Instructions
    Draw one symbol/object from the
    story that caught your attention the
    most. Below it, write a 5-sentence
    explanation as to why you chose
    that object.

    33
    “LITTLE SHOP OF WRITING”
    A CRAFT ESSAY

    34
    35
    36
    37
    Given the content of the text,
    how can “craft essay” be
    defined?

    38
    How can you describe the
    relationship of the author
    with writing?

    39
    What things did the author
    do or have to motivate
    him/herself to write?

    40
    Based on the author’s craft
    essay, would you describe
    writing as an easy or a
    difficult form of art?

    41
    Word Count: 1000 to 1500
    Printed; font size 12
    Content (20), Organization (15),
    Design (15)

    Final Writing Piece:


    Craft Essay

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