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Arbeidsark: Modernism and Postmodernism in English Literature

Delt av Thomas Borthne-Skattum3. mai 2026

📚 Modernism and Postmodernism in English Literature

Navn: _________________________ Dato: ________________

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Complete the sentences with the correct terms from the word bank.

Word bank: *stream of consciousness | metafiction | intertextuality | fragmentation | grand narratives*

The technique called ________________ represents the flow of human thoughts and feelings as characters experience them.

In postmodern literature, authors use ________________ to mix references, genres, and cultural elements within one text.

Modernist texts often feature ________________ in their structure, rejecting linear and realistic storytelling.

________________ is a postmodern technique where literature self-consciously refers to itself as fiction.

Postmodernism rejects ________________ and celebrates plurality and ambiguity instead.

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Match each author with their famous work and the correct literary movement.

| Author | Work | Movement |

|--------|------|----------|

| A. T.S. Eliot | 1. *The Handmaid's Tale* | i. Modernism |

| B. James Joyce | 2. *If on a winter's night a traveler* | ii. Postmodernism |

| C. Italo Calvino | 3. *Ulysses* | |

| D. Margaret Atwood | 4. *The Waste Land* | |

Your answers:

A → _____ → _____

B → _____ → _____

C → _____ → _____

D → _____ → _____

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Answer in 1-2 complete sentences.

3a) What historical event was a major influence on Modernist writers?

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3b) How does Virginia Woolf's *Mrs. Dalloway* represent the Modernist technique of stream of consciousness?

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3c) Explain why Kurt Vonnegut's *Slaughterhouse-Five* is considered postmodern rather than simply modern.

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