Key terminology
faction |
a literary technique in which real events are used as a basis for a fictional narrative or dramatization |
intertextuality |
the relationship between one text (a novel for instance) with another text |
magical realism |
a literary genre in which realistic narrative and naturalistic technique are combined with surreal elements of dream or fantasy |
novella |
a piece of prose longer than the standard short story, but shorter and less complex than a full-length novel |
pastiche |
a creative work that imitates the style or character of the work of one or more other authors (unlike parody, pastiche celebrates, rather than mocks, the work it imitates) |
permutation |
any radical alteration of sentence structure; total transformation |
poioumenon/a |
a specific type of fiction in which the story is about the process of creation |
Ex. 1. Answer the questions:
When did Postmodernism emerge?
What devices and techniques did postmodernists employ?
What creative works written by Fowles can you name?
What kind of work is A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess?
Who wrote the novel Lord of the Flies?
What is unusual about Bryan Stanley Johnson’s creative works?
How many novels did Iris Murdock write?
What is Samuel Beckett’s most notable play?
What are characteristics of Angela Carter’s novels?
What postmodern writers got a Nobel Prize for literature?
Ex. 2. Match pairs of synonyms. 1. boundary a. end 2. reverence b. traditional 3. curb c. search 4. conventional d. border 5. terminal e. control 6. quest f. deep respect |
Ex. 3. Join the words to make phrases 1. to manifest a. devices 2. to achieve b. negative tendencies 3. to employ c. a tendency 4. to push d. on/upon sth 5. to curb e. fame 6. to rely f. boundaries |
Ex.4. Offer English equivalents for the following words:
realism magic |
магический реализм |
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nuvelă |
повесть |
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intertextualitate |
интертекстуальность |
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pastişă |
стилизация |
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schimbare totală, permutare |
изменение, перестановка |
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dezordine |
хаотичность, беспорядочность |
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căutare |
поиск |
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Ex. 5. Choose the right word.
1. When you don’t understand something, this means you don’t ___ it.
a. clasp b. grasp c. snatch
2. D. Lessing’s characters are indulged in the process of self-___ .
a. assertion b. pity c. scrutiny
3. What kind of shop is mentioned in the title of A. Carter’s novel?
a. toyshop b. flower shop c. bookshop
4. The majority of postmodernist novels are open-___ .
a. ended b. hearted c. minded
5. What insect is mentioned in the title of W. Golding’s novel?
a. wasp b. fly c. moth
6. Military rank of one of Fowler’s characters.
a. major b. colonel c. lieutenant