Ex. 6. Do the crossword

Ex. 5. Choose the right word.

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:

1. When did Postmodernism emerge?
2. What devices and techniques did postmodernists employ?
3. What creative works written by Fowles can you name?
4. What kind of work is A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess?
5. Who wrote the novel Lord of the Flies?
6. What is unusual about Bryan Stanley Johnson’s creative works?
7. How many novels did Iris Murdock write?
8. What is Samuel Beckett’s most notable play?
9. What are characteristics of Angela Carter’s novels?
10. 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
nuvelă	повесть
intertextualitate	интертекстуальность
pastişă	стилизация
schimbare totală, permutare	изменение, перестановка
dezordine	хаотичность, беспорядочность
căutare	поиск

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

1. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___|___| = having no reason, aim, purpose

2. ___ ___ ___|___|___ ___ = risk; danger

3. ___ ___|___|___ ___ ___ = unreasonable; foolish; ridiculous

4. ___ ___ ___ ___|___|___ ___ ___ = thorough & detailed examination

5. ___ ___ ___|___|___ ___ ___ ___ ___ = deep respect

6. ___|___|___ ___ ___ = syn. to “understand”

7. ___ ___ ___|___| = jump from one subject (or book page) to another

8. ___ ___ ___|___|___ ___ = useless; with no result

9. ___ ___ ___|___|___ ___ = prize given to outstanding public, cultural etc. figures

10. ___ ___ ___|___|___ ___ ___ ___ ___ = to charm and attract

11. ___ ___ ___|___| = (myth.) goddesses/spirits that inspire artistes

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