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What does a Bildungsroman mean?
A novel about growing up and gaining maturity.
Who is the author of Tess of the d'Urbervilles?
Thomas Hardy.
Who are known as the First Generation Romantic poets?
W. Wordsworth and S.T. Coleridge.
Who is the author of Ulysses?
James Joyce.
Who is the author of Great Expectations?
Charles Dickens.
Which author wrote Victorian realistic novels?
Charles Dickens.
Which modernist writer of Polish origin wrote “The Heart of Darkness?”
Joseph Conrad.
Which trend in poetry is characteristic of English Pre-Romanticism?
The graveyard 'school' of poetry.
What was the most popular form of drama during the Restoration?
Restoration comedy.
Which form of drama was popular during the Middle Ages?
Morality play.
Give the tile and the author of the famous dystopian novel ___.
“1984” by George Orwell.
The term heroic epic refers to…?
Beowulf.
The Preface to Lyrical Ballads is…?
a manifesto of English Romanticism.
Which work is considered a cornerstone of English Romantic poetry?
Ode to a Nightingale.
Which literary movement is characterized by a focus on emotion and individualism?
Romanticism.
Who is known as the 'father of the English novel'?
Daniel Defoe.
Which author is associated with the Gothic novel genre?
Mary Shelley.
What is the primary theme of John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost?
The fall of man.
What is the primary theme explored in William Blake's poetry?
The conflict between innocence and experience.
What is the primary setting for the stories in the Canterbury Tales?
A pilgrimage to Canterbury.