1. Modern Literary Movements, Dr. Abdel-Fattah Adel
Major Questions in Modern Literary Movements
1- What is the difference between literary criticism and literary theory?
2- What are the main cultural movements in the west? Write about one of them.
3- What are the main schools of literature before the 20th
century? Write about
one of them.
4- What are the main schools of literature in the 20th
century? Write about one of
them.
5- What are the perspectives in the history of the twentieth century that
influence literature?
6- What are the tendencies and movements in 20th
century literary criticism and
theory?
7- What are the main schools of interpretation in the 20th
century? Write about
one of them.
8- Identify the literary schools of the following mottos:
a. “art as imitation”.
b. “the exaltation of the poet”.
c. “art as a reflection of reality”.
d. “art for art’s sake”.
e. “The unconscious governs behavior”
f. “The form as a complete thing, something concrete, dynamic, self-
contained”.