LITERARY TIME PERIOD

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Across
  1. 6. Satirist of the Neoclassical age who wrote Gulliver’s Travels, critiquing society and politics.
  2. 8. Victorian poet laureate who wrote In Memoriam, blending faith, doubt, and grief.
  3. 10. Modernist poet of The Waste Land, central to 20th-century literary criticism.
  4. 11. Postmodern author of Midnight’s Children, blending history, myth, and magical realism.
  5. 14. Victorian novelist of Great Expectations and Oliver Twist, focusing on social reform.
  6. 15. American Romantic poet of Leaves of Grass, celebrating democracy, self, and the body.
  7. 16. Gothic novelist who authored Frankenstein, blending Romantic ideals with science.
  8. 19. Greek philosopher whose Poetics laid the foundation for literary criticism and theory.
  9. 20. Modern novelist of The Great Gatsby, capturing the Jazz Age and the American Dream.
Down
  1. 1. Postmodern technique in which fiction draws attention to its own constructed nature.
  2. 2. Renaissance playwright whose tragedies and comedies shaped English literature.
  3. 3. A postmodern strategy relying on imitation, parody, and blending of multiple styles.
  4. 4. Neoclassical poet known for The Rape of the Lock and his emphasis on order and decorum.
  5. 5. Modernist novelist of Ulysses, known for stream of consciousness and experimental style.
  6. 7. Romantic poet of Ode on a Grecian Urn, focusing on beauty, art, and mortality.
  7. 9. Roman poet of Metamorphoses, influential in mythological storytelling and transformation themes.
  8. 12. Italian poet of The Divine Comedy, often seen as bridging classical and Christian traditions.
  9. 13. Romantic poet who co-authored Lyrical Ballads and celebrated nature and common life.
  10. 17. Canadian postmodern author of The Handmaid’s Tale, exploring power, gender, and dystopia.
  11. 18. Modernist poet of The Second Coming, symbolizing chaos, change, and spiritual crisis.