Your Pocket Guide to 10 Literary Movements / Emily Temple in: Lit Hub Daily

Literary movements are the kinds of things you learn about in school, then maybe join, or just steal from, or decide to hate for a while, and then . . . usually forget about. But it’s useful to know about them, in case it ever comes up at an Important Literary Dinner Party (do those still exist?) or your next job interview (do those still exist?) or pop quiz (run). Whatever the circumstance, you can now use this handy pocket guide (your phone is in your pocket, after all) to 10 literary movements. NB that these are not all the literary movements you should know, of course, but honestly? They’re some of the most fun to discuss at parties.

 
James Joyce and Nora Barnacle
 

Modernism

Origins: Less an organized movement than an era, literary modernism emerged in England around 1910 as a reaction against Romanticism in the wake of the First World War.
Prevailing principles: According to the Norton Anthology of English Literature, “what connects the modernist writers—aside from a rich web of personal and professional connections—is a shared desire to break with established forms and subjects in art and literature.” That often meant a rejection of “realistic representation” and traditional forms. Modernist literature is characterized by stream-of-consciousness narration, a focus on psychological investigation as opposed to plot, and a blend of high and low language.
Figures of importance: Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, T.S. Eliot
What to read first: Mrs Dalloway, Virginia Woolf ... [mehr] https://lithub.com/your-pocket-guide-to-10-literary-movements/