British Literary Movements - Philosophies of a Time Period
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British Literary Movements
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British Literary Movement Philosophies | Have students identify and illustrate the different philosophies found during each period of British Literature
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- BRITISH LITERARY MOVEMENTS
- VALUES
- HISTORICAL EVENTS
- STYLE AND ELEMENTS OF WRITING
- Neoclassical and the Enlightenment
- In contrast to the Renaissance that saw people as inherently good, Neoclassical literature saw man as ‘flawed’.
- This era was the starting point of the middle class and the tradition of afternoon tea. People would gather to discuss politics and other ideas of the Enlightenment.
- Neoclassical writers tried to imitate the style of the Roman and Greeks, "Neo-" meaning "new" and "classical" referring to classic civilizations.
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