Flashcards on British Modernism: Key Authors and Works
British Modernism: Key Authors, Works & Influences
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English literature
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Card 1
Question: Who was James Joyce and what was his relationship with Ireland?
Answer: An Irish writer (1882–1941) who lived in exile in Europe for a long time (Trieste, Paris, Zurich); he had an "Irish complex" – a love-hate relationshi
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Question: What are the main characteristics of the short story collection Dubliners (1914)?
Answer: A combination of traditional realism and modernist elements (symbolism, exploration of inner life); it depicts Ireland's "moral paralysis"; the storie
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Question: Why is Ulysses (1922) a significant work by Joyce, and who does it follow?
Answer: Joyce's magnum opus, written 1914–1921; it tells the story of one day in the lives of three characters (Leopold Bloom, Molly Bloom, Stephen Dedalus) a
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Question: According to the text, what are the three main reasons for the difficult readability of Ulysses and Finnegans Wake?
Answer: Intertextuality and cultural allusions; linguistic experimentation; major sections written in a very pure form of stream of consciousness.
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Question: What is Finnegans Wake (1939) in the context of Joyce's work?
Answer: A late, experimental work, known for its difficulty due to linguistic and intertextual experiments (mentioned as part of Joyce's oeuvre).
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Question: Who was Virginia Woolf and what selected works are mentioned in the text?
Answer: An English writer (1882–1941), born Virginia Stephen; significant works: Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927), Orlando (1928), A Room of One’
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Question: What creative style is emphasized in Woolf's work?
Answer: Highly figurative, often poetic and lyrical style; strong autobiographical elements in some works.
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Question: What was the Bloomsbury Group and who were some of its prominent members?
Answer: A group of intellectuals with roots at Cambridge; prominent members: Virginia and Leonard Woolf, Vanessa Bell, Clive Bell, Roger Fry, J.M. Keynes, Adr
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Question: According to the text, what were the fundamental attitudes of the Bloomsbury Group?
Answer: A frank and open approach to sexuality; rejection of dogmatic realism and pragmatic rationalism; focus on individual experience and aesthetics derived
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Question: Who was D.H. Lawrence, and what important life events and works does the text mention?
Answer: An English writer (1885–1930) from the mining town of Eastwood; he studied and obtained a teaching certificate in 1908; his mother died in 1910. Signi