Literary Movements from Modernism to Campus Novel
Explore the evolution of literary movements from Modernism focusing on inner reality to the emergence of Campus Novels set in university campuses. Discover the themes, techniques, and notable authors of each era, from the experimental consciousness of Modernism to the social realism of the 1930s-40s, the experimental dominance of the 1940s, the Angry Young Man Movement of the 1950s, culminating in the portrayal of academic life in Campus Novels.
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I 1910-20 1930 Modernism inner reality: lack of communication, alienation, loneliness Technique: experimental consciousness, flashback, intertexuality stream of
1930-40 Social realism The writers of social realist novels dealt with the social and political problems of this period Technique: conventional George Orwell Evelyn Waugh
The 1940s Samuel Beckett begins to write. Experimental techniques become dominant again His Works: Malone Dies Molloy Unnamable
The 1950s The Angry Young Man Movement Technique: conventional A young man from lower middle class or working class graduates from university (Oxford or Cambridge) but cannot find a suitable position for himself in society because of the Establishment. In drama: John Osborne s Look Back in Anger In novel: Kingsley Amis s Lucky Jim
Campus Novel (Academic Novel): Such novels are usually set in university campuses and main characters are faculty members. They are about the issues in universities. The writers were/are academics. Mary McCarthy s The Groves of Academe Kingsley Amis s Lucky Jim Malcolm Bradbury s History Man
