Specific Examples - 4.1.3.1
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Key Concepts
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Zeitgeist: The "spirit of the times" that connects art, science, and literature.
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Interdisciplinary Influence: How non-literary fields (like Biology or Psychology) change the way stories are told.
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Subjectivity: The shift from objective "God-like" narrators to personal, fallible human perspectives.
Examples & Applications
Existentialism: Meursault in The Stranger reflecting the idea that life has no inherent meaning.
Naturalism: Characters in Maggie: A Girl of the Streets being "trapped" by their tenement environment and heredity.
Memory Aids
Interactive tools to help you remember key concepts
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Memory Tools
- Literary Movements** are the genres (Classical, Jazz).
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Memory Tools
Romanticism (Feeling), Modernism (Fragmented), Postmodernism (Ironic), Existentialism (Absurd).