09/12 9. Literary Movements and Historical Change Free Online FlashCards

What is a literary movement?

Recurring patterns of style, subject matter, and artistic belief shared by writers during a particular historical period.

What historical pressures can produce new literary forms?

Revolutions, industrialization, colonialism, migration, war, technological innovation, and changing ideas about identity can create conditions for new literary forms.

What does Classicism generally value?

Classicism and neoclassicism value order, proportion, decorum, reason, and imitation of classical models.

What are central values of Romanticism?

Romanticism emphasizes imagination, emotional intensity, nature, and individual freedom, often resisting rigid rules and institutions.

What does Realism typically examine?

Realism represents recognizable ordinary life and examines how class, money, gender, law, education, and work shape individual choices.

What characterizes Modernist literature?

Modernism often explores fragmentation, alienation, unstable consciousness, and formal experimentation in response to a rapidly changing world.

What does Postmodernism often question?

Postmodernism is often associated with skepticism toward fixed truth, stable identity, authoritative history, and one definitive interpretation.

How does magical realism present the marvelous?

Magical realism presents extraordinary events matter-of-factly within a recognizable social and historical world.

How does fantasy differ from magical realism?

Fantasy usually builds a distinct world with recognizable rules for magic, whereas magical realism keeps a socially and historically recognizable setting.

What does dharma refer to in South Asian epic traditions?

Dharma can mean duty, law, ethical order, or right conduct; it is not simply equivalent to the modern word “morality.”

What features often shape classical Chinese poetry?

Classical Chinese poetry often uses compressed imagery, tonal patterning, parallel structure, seasonal references, and historical allusion.

What qualities do Japanese poetic forms often value?

Japanese poetic forms often value suggestion, seasonal awareness, and the emotional force of a precisely observed moment.