Dates for the review test
May 30th : Use of English, Reading Comprehension, 1984 questions and multiple choice literature questions (based on last term projects)
MAY 31st: Listening
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Project
3 Research and Writing Task; The 20th
Century literary periods:
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Victorian Literature
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Realism
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Naturalism
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Modernism
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Bloomsbury Group
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Existentialism
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Beat Generation
Provide an introduction, brief description, main characteristics,
major writers for each period and a bibliography or reference list
1
page research for each period (both sides) or 2 pages one side
APA STYLE IS COMPULSORY
Due
date: Tuesday 30th May, must be submitted in person and by
email
Please use reliable resources for your research
The
first period (Victorian Literature) is already done as an example and detailed below:
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Victorian
Literature
Introduction
Dates:
1837-1901
The
name given to the period is borrowed from the royal matriarch of
England, Queen Victoria, who sat on throne from 1837 to 1901.
Major
events during the Victoria era;
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Nearly every institution of society was shaken by rapid and
unpredictable change.
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Demographic shift from; migrations from the countryside to the
cities.
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A huge growth in population, from 14 million to 32 million.
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Significant improvements in technology. The Victorian era slightly
overlaps with Britain's Industrial Revolution
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Changing world views. There were emerging scientific beliefs, like
Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
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A lot of people were distancing themselves from the church because of
the scientific advancements
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Poor conditions for the working class.
Victorian
Literature - Main characteristics;
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Social consciousness: many intellectuals used literature to speak out
against the injustices of this new world
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subject matter: real-world problems, labor conditions, poverty and
women’s place in the world
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In the early years of the Victorian Period, poetry was still the most
visible of literary forms. Both the purpose of poetry and its basic
style and tone changed drastically during the Victorian Period.
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Victorian Novel was the dominant form in Victorian literature. It
seeks to represent a large and comprehensive social world, with a
variety of classes.
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Victorian novels are realistic
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Major theme: Place of the individual in society, the aspiration of
the hero or heroine for love or social position. The protagonist’s
search for fulfilment is emblematic of the human condition.
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It was a principal form of entertainment
Major
Writers of the Victorian Period
Arnold,
Matthew (1822-1888)
Brontë,
Charlotte (1816-1855) - Notable Work: Jane Eyre (1847)
Brontë,
Emily (1818-1848) - Wuthering Heights (1847)
Browning,
Elizabeth Barrett (1806-1861)
Browning,
Robert (1812-1889)
Carroll,
Lewis (1832-1898)
Carlyle,
Thomas (1795-1881)
Dickens,
Charles (1812-1870) - The most well-known Victorian writer. Notable
Work: David Copperfield
Doyle,
Arthur Conan (1859-1930)
Eliot,
George (1819-1880) (Mary Ann Evans)
Hardy,
Thomas (1840-1928) key forerunner of the Modernist Movement in
literature
Hopkins,
Gerard Manley (1844-1889)
Housman,
A. E. (1859-1936)
Kipling,
Rudyard (1865-1936)
Landon,
Letitia Elizabeth (1802-1838)
Rossetti,
Christina (1830-1894)
Rossetti,
Dante Gabriel (1828-1882)
Stevenson,
Robert Louis (1850-1894)
Swinburne,
Algernon Charles (1837-1909)
Tennyson,
Alfred (Lord) (1809-1892)
Thackeray,
William Makepeace (1811-1863)
Wells,
H.G. (1866-1946)
Wilde,
Oscar (1854-1900)
Yeats,
William Butler (1865-1939)
Reference
List
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* IMPORTANT If you want me to send you this section in APA Style you just need to send me an email with your request.
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APA
-American Psychological Association style rules or guidelines is
compulsory
How
to write academic papers in APA style?
Formatting:
A4 paper, margins
should be 2,54 cm (1 inch) all
sides, including top, bottom, left and right, Font
preference and size -
The preferred font is 12-pt Times New Roman. Line
Spacing -
Double
spacing should occur throughout the document, including quotations of
40 or more words. Page
Numbers -
Page numbers should be located in upper right corner. Be sure to
include a page number on the title page, too! . Paragraph
Indentation-
Paragraphs should be indented 5-7spaces or 1/2 inch.
You
can find and download
a
template
in
the the
following link;
For
further information
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
The
following link might be helpful for other subjects (for this project
you should use APA style)
for
instance to cite kindle;
Stoker,
B. (1897). Dracula [Kindle
DX version]. Retrieved from Amazon.com
To
cite an online enciclopedya or Wikis
Feminism.
(n.d.). In Encyclopædia
Britannica online.
Retrieved from
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/724633/feminism
OLPC
Peru/Arahuay. (n.d.). Retrieved April 29, 2011 from the OLPC Wiki:
http://wiki.laptop. org/go/OLPC_Peru/Arahuay
The
Purdue OWL Family of Sites.
The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue U, 2008,
owl.english.purdue.edu/owl. Accessed 23 Apr. 2008.
For
more information about all elements of APA formatting, please consult
the APA Style Manual, 6th Edition.
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