Forms of Literature - Modern Age - Historical & Literary Events - Social Events

Sep 20, 2026

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Chronological overview of major historical and literary developments, organized into Modern Age (1901–1939) and Post Modern Age (1940–2000) with parallel social events. Summarizes key global occurrences such as world wars, revolutions, political transitions, and conflicts, alongside landmark literary works and authors associated with each period. Includes a literary study section defining drama, distinguishing comedy and tragedy, and explaining Aristotle’s concept of tragedy through mimesis and catharsis, plus constituent parts and classifications of tragedies.

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The Modern Age (1901-1939)

Historical & Literary Events - Social Events

Post Modern Age (1940-2000)

Historical & Literary Events - Social Events

Drama

Definition and forms

Tragedy

Aristotle’s definition and parts

Classical and types of tragedy

| The Modern Age(1901-1939)
Iistorical&
Literary Events
Social Events | | | --- | --- | | (a)London-Paris telephone
syslem opened(1891)
(b)Ascension of Edward
VI1(1901)
(c)Abbey Theatre founded
in Dublin(1904)
(d)Ascension of George V
(1910)
(e)World war I begins
(1914)
(f)Easter Rising in Dublin
(1916)
(g)Russian Revolution
(1917)
(h)World War (1)ends
(1918)
(i)Civil Disobedience
Movement in India
(1922)
(j)First Labour
Govemment in Britain
(1924)
(k)Women's Suffrage
extended to all women
over 21 years of age.
()Ascension and
Abdication of Edwards
VIIL Ascension of
Gieorge VI,Spnish Civil
War.
(m)World War Il(1939) | (a)llardy's "Tess of the
Durbervilles(1891)
(b)Hardy's Tude the Obscure'
and Wilde's The
Importance of lcing
Earnest'(3895)
(c)Conrad's 'Teart of
Darkness'(1899)
(d)Kiplings's Kim'
(e)Synge's Playboy of the
western world(1907)
(1)Lawrence's 'Sons and
Lovers's(1913)
(g)James Toyce's Dubliners'
(h)Toyce's'Portrait of the
Artist as a young Man
(1916)
(i)Eliot's 'Prufrock'(1917)
()Lawrence's'Women in love'
(1920)
(k)Eliot's wasterland,Joyce's
Ulysses'and Gialsworthy's
'Forsyte Saga'
(1)Lawrence's'Lady
Chatterley's Lover and
Yeats'"The Tower
(m)Wooll's'A Room of One's
(wn'(1929)
(n)lluxley's "brave New
world(1932)
(o)Elot's Murder in the
Cathedral (1935)
(p)Eliot's ℃ollected Poems
(q)Joycc's "innegan's Wake'
(1939) | | Post Modern Age(1940-2000)
Historical &
Literary Evenis
Social Events | | | --- | --- | | (a)Atom bomb on
liroshima and
Nagasaki,World War IⅡ
(1945)ends
(b)NATO founded(1949)
(c)Aseension of Elizabeth
(I1)(1952)
(d)Ilungarian Uprising
(1956)
(e)The Iranian Revolution
(1979)
(f)Fatwa against Rushdic
(1988)
g)Collapse ofthe LISSR
the Gulr War(1991)
(h)World Trade Centre
Attacked (2001)
(i)The Us ivasion of Iraq
(2003) | (a)Orwell's AnimalFarm
(1945)
(b)Orwells 1984(1949)
(c)Dylan Thomas'Collected
Pocms(1952)
(d)Osborne's 'Look Back in
Anger'and Ted Hughes'
'Hawk in the Rain'(1956)
Pinter's 'Birhday Party
(1957)
Achebe's Things Fall
Apart(1958)
(e)Rushdic's 'Satanic Verses'
(1) Martin Amis''Times
Arrow'and Phillips'
'Cambridge'
(g)Kane's 'Blasted
(h)Duffy's 'Feminine Gospels'
(2002) | Drama Drama:-A drama is a type of literature that is writtenfor the purpose of being performed in front of anaudience. In literature,the ward drama defines a genre or style ofwriting Drama is a play that can be performed fortheater,radio or even television. Forms of Drama:- The plot structure of a play can be graphically shown In comedy Tragedy:A Tragedy is a genre of drama focusing onstories of human suffering It is the highest,noblest andthe most sublime form of all literary composition Aristotle's definition:-Tragedy is an imitation(mimesis)of an action that is serious,complete,and of acertain magnitude -----through pity and fear effectingthe proper purgation (catharsis)of these emotions Parts of a Tragedy:-According to Aristotle,there are ix constituent parts of a tragedy, They are- 1.Plot2.Character 4.Diction3.Thought 5.Song or Melody6.Spectacle The Classical Tragedy:-It follows the Greek patternhere are two specialties of the Greek pattern. i)The observance of chorus who explain what happensoff the stage and further to explain the moral behindthe varies stages of the plot. ii)The romantic tragedians are not strictly band bythese Greek conventions.Romantic tragedy refers toa genre of literature that focuses on the emotions ofcharacters in stories with

FAQs

How is drama defined in the document?

Drama is defined as a type of literature written to be performed for an audience. It can be performed for theatre, radio, or television.

What does Aristotle’s definition of tragedy emphasize?

Aristotle defines tragedy as an imitation (mimesis) of a serious, complete action of a certain magnitude. It works through pity and fear to achieve the proper purgation (catharsis) of these emotions.

What are the constituent parts of a tragedy according to Aristotle?

The document lists nine constituent parts: Plot, Character, Thought, Diction, Song or Melody, Spectacle, plus additional elements described around these categories (numbered in the text as plot/character and related components).

How does the document classify tragedy types?

It separates classical patterns from other classifications, then discusses examples such as Greek tragedy, Roman tragedy, Elizabethan tragedy, and other categories like domestic and problem play, each with brief descriptions and examples.

Sep 20, 2026

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