EN 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Victorian Literature, Literary Modernism, George Bernard Shaw
16 Mar 2018
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In the preface, shaw mentions his intention was not to entertain but to teach something. Lecture 4 pygmalion for moral: allusion to the pygmalion myth, using humor to deliver a social message, his stage direction is different he goes into commentary to deliver his social message Victorian period (1837-1901): victorian literature often deals with social issues (e. g. , poverty, industrialization, political reform), reflects the rigid class and gender hierarchies of the period, and promotes middle-class virtues (respectability, industry, modesty). Realist writing using writing to shed light on social problems like proverty: he uses drama to question class and gender, women (beginning of expension of women(cid:495)s role(cid:524, using literature to examine society, he rejects romantic sentimentalism (fairy-tale ending) Ideal femininity even after galatea comes to life she is very obedient. Modernist period (early to mid (cid:884)(cid:882)th century(cid:524): broadly, literary (cid:498)modernism reveals a breaking away from established rules, traditions, and conventions, [ ] and many experimentations in form and style(cid:499) (cid:523)cuddon(cid:524).
