Modern British Era Review

1900-present

Dates of the Modern British Era.

decline

At the beginning of the Modern British Era, England began to __________.

industrialism

In the Modern British Era, England's subtle decline was also followed by a decline in _______________.

colonialism

A disappearance of _______________ during the Modern British Era contributed to England's financial downfall.

psychological

Modern Literature during the Modern British Era focused primarily on _______________ exploration of characters, and less on actual plot.

film

The rise of __________ contributed to the rising popularity of psychological exploration in literature during the Modern British Era.

Virginia Woolf

__________ __________ was one of the most prominent authors to use subtle shifts in literature to get multiple perspectives.

Stream of Consciousness

__________ of __________writing also became popular during the Modern British Era; a form of writing which attempted to imitate natural thought.

James Joyce

__________ __________ popularized the Stream of Consciousness style of writing.

George Bernard Shaw

The focal author of the Modern British Era, and author of Pygmalion.

Angry Young Men Movement

Movement in the 1850s composed of working-class writers.

Detective stories and the sci-fi

__________ stories and the _____-_____ genre gained popularity during the Modern British Era.

television

The importance of spoken language was largely emphasized during the Modern British Era by the __________.

slang

The use of __________ in literature was largely debated during the Modern British Era.

prolific

George Bernard Shaw was what you would call a __________ writer, because of how much he wrote.

Dublin, Ireland

George Bernard Shaw was born in __________, __________.

London, England

George Bernard Shaw moved to __________, __________ when he was 20.

novels

George Bernard Shaw began his career by writing __________, but was quite unsuccessful.

critic of music and art

After doing poorly writing novels, Shaw became successful as a __________ of __________ and __________.

Henrik Ibsen

George Bernard Shaw was an avid fan of __________ __________.

Middle Class Hypocrisy and Conventionality

Henrik Ibsen, not unlike shaw, did not like __________ __________ __________ and __________.

didactic

George Bernard Shaw was __________, and did not beleive in ars gratia artis.

life force

Shaw did not believe in God, but rather in "__________ __________"

Vegetarian

George Bernard Shaw was, interestingly, a ____________________. (Hint: diet).

Fabian

George Bernard Shaw was an early member of the __________ society.

Social justice

Progressive Improvements

Labor Party(ies)

Values of the Fabian Society.

read than staged

George Bernard Shaw's plays were more often __________ than __________.

sculptor

Pygmalion is named for the Greek __________.

apostrophes

George Bernard Shaw did not use __________ very often.

descriptions

Pygmalion's characters start off as __________ without names.

stereotypes

The use of describing characters instead of giving names at first has to do with the recurring theme of moving past _______________ in Pygmalion.

beggar

The job of a flower girl in English society around the time of Pygmalion was only one step above a __________, really.

My Fair Lady

Well known musical adapted from Pygmalion.

Bloody

Word that had the same intensity as a modern-day American F-bomb in England during the time Pygmalion was released.

lower to upper-middle

During Pygmalion, Doolittle goes from lower class to __________-__________ class.

name

Doolittle's social status is indicated in the play by the _____ he refers to Higgins by.

under English possession (English Colony)

During the Modern British Era, Ireland was...

Bernard (because there were too many) British kings named George.

George Bernard Shaw preferred the name __________ because there were too many __________ __________ __________ __________.

Great Potato Famine (in 1840)

What significant event happened in Ireland just before Shaw was born?

separated

Shaw's parents __________ when he was 16.

Shavian

Adjectival form of George Bernard Shaw's name.

prison (parents sent their children to when) they got tired of dealing with them.

Shaw saw school as a __________ parents sent their children to when...

Nobel Prize (and an) Oscar

Shaw is the only person thus far to have ever won both the __________ __________ and an __________.

Marriage

Exploitation of lower-class

Lies about the American Revolution

Heaven and hell

Empires

Some of the themes and subjects George Bernard Shaw has addressed in his plays...

region

In Professor John Sutherland's Pygmalion Lecture, Sutherland says that in America, accents typically differ based mainly on __________.

class

In Professor John Sutherland's Pygmalion Lecture, Sutherland says that in England, accents typically differ based mainly on __________.

Covent Garden

At what location does Pygmalion open?

flower and vegetable market; Opera House, good restaurants

What is located at and near Covent Garden.

classes can mingle

In Professor John Sutherland's Pygmalion Lecture, Sutherland says because of the popularity of Covent Garden as a location, it is a place where __________ can __________.

Eliza says "not bloodly likely" in a proper accent, not her typical one

Eliza was never actually hit by Higgins

Two errors that Sutherland, in his Pygmalion lecture, accidentally says.

he was a Irish and people assumed he was from the lower class

In Professor John Sutherland's Pygmalion Lecture, Sutherland says George Bernard Shaw was personally connected to the issues discussed in Pygmalion because...

people also think of him as lower-class because of his accent

At the end of Sutherland's lecture, he reveals his accent as a connection to Pygmalion's central topic; this suggests that...

Higgins likes Eliza

Eliza will stay connected with Higgins

The end of Pygmalion seems to suggest two things regarding the relationship between Higgins and Eliza.

Higgin's mother

In Pygmalion, Eliza cannot compete for Higgin's affections because of the high place __________ takes in his opinion.