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Name one writer of dystopian novels
G. Orwell, A. Huxley
What kind of novelists tended to become didactic and take a political stance?
Novelists committed to the social and political problems of the 30s.
Name a novelist interested in explorig the mind of his characters
J. Joyce, V. Woolf
Name one psychological novelist
Joseph Conrad, DH Lawrence, EM Forster
What did the psychological novelists focus on?
the development of the character's mind and on human relationships
What is the "interior monologue"?
The verbal expression of the stream of consciousness.
What is the "stream of consciousness"?
the continuous flow of thoughts and sensation that characterize the human mind.
Who coined the definition "stream of consciousness"?
Willian James
What is an "epiphany" accordin to Joyce?
The sudden revelation of an interior reality caused by a common event.
How is time treated in the modern novel?
Time is subjective and internal
What do the theories about the simultaneous existence of different levels of consciousness and subconsciousness state?
past experience is retained and the coexistence of the past in the present determines the personality of ach human being
Whay did modern novelists reject omniscient narration?
it couldn't adequately represent the reality of a world that had totally changed.
What kind of narrator did modern novelists use?
They experimented new methods to protray the individual consciousness and the viewpoint shifted from the external world to the internal world of a character's m
How did the modern novelist consider the individual?
As a limited creature whose moral progress was inferior to the advances in technology
How did the social changes of the inter-war years affect novelists?
They had a new role, that of mediating between the solid values of the past and the confused present, highlighting the complexity of the unconscious.
What happened to the British society at the beginning of the 20th cent.?
It shifted from a comfortable world to one marked by unrest and ferment.
How were events generally presented in 19th cent. novels?
in chronological order
What was the role of the novelist throughout the 18th and 19th century?
a mediatori between the characters and the reader
What are the origins of the English novel?
The origins can be traced back to the 18th century. During this time, there was a significant rise in literacy and a growing middle-class readership


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