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MODERN ERA AND BRAVE NEW WORLD Anderson, Kaylin Kozesky, Jason Poruznik, Bekah Sch
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Modern Era And Brave New world. Alexi Anderson, Kaylin Kozesky , Jason Poruznik , Bekah Schultz. T wentieth C entury/ aka M odern E ra. A uthors’ I nformation. S iegfried Sasson. Background: Works: - I or “ ”. (1886-1967). Wilfred Owen. Background: Works: - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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MODERN ERA
AND
BRAVE NEW WORLD
Alexi Anderson, Kaylin Kozesky, Jason Poruznik, Bekah Schultz
TWENTIETH CENTURY/ AKA
MODERN ERA
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Siegfried SassonBackground:
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Works:- I or “ ”
(1886-1967)
Wilfred Owen
(1893-1918)
Background:
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Works:- I or “ ”
Graham GreeneBackground:
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Works:- I or “ ”
(1904-1991)
Ted HughesBackground:
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Works:- I or “ ”
(1886-1967)
James JoyceBackground:
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Works:- I or “ ”
(1886-1967)
D.H. LawrenceBackground:
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Works:- I or “ ”
(1886-1967)
Dylan ThomasBackground:
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Works:- I or “ ”
(1886-1967)
Aldous HuxleyBackground:
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Works:- I or “ ”
(1886-1967)
LITERATURE STUDIED
“The Rear-Guard”-Siegfried Sassoon
Summary:
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“The Rear-Guard”-Siegfried Sassoon
Literary Terms:
Trench Poet- Poets who wrote “war poetry” but hoped their work would survive
and continue to serve as a warning.
(EX: Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen)
Oxymoron- a figure of speech that combines apparently contradictory ideas.
“The Rear-Guard”-Siegfried Sassoon
Analysis:
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Summary:
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“Dulce et Decorum”-Wilfred Owen
Literary Terms:
Hyperbole – a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or create a comic effect.
Simile- A figure of speech that makes a comparison betweenbetween two seeminglyunlike things by using a connective world such aslike, as, than, or resembles.
“Dulce et Decorum”-Wilfred Owen
Analysis:
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“Dulce et Decorum”-Wilfred Owen
Summary:
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“The Destructors”-Graham Greene
“The Destructors”-Graham Greene
Literary Terms:
Irony– a contrast or discrepancy between expectation and reality- • between what is said and what is really meant • between what is expected and what really happens • between what appears to be true and what really is true
Analysis:•
“The Destructors”-Graham Greene
ELEMENTS OF A MODERNSHORT STORY
• Probst, Robert E., Robert Anderson, and John Leggett. Elements of Literature. Literature of Britain with World Classics. Sixth Course ed. Austin: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2000. Print.
WORKS CITED
