1. What is Modernism in English Literature and enumerate modernist techniques.

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1. What do you know about “Kitchen-sink” drama in English Literature? (200-300 words)
Kitchen Sink drama is a term used to indicate plays that have realism to discover domestic social relations. Realism, in British theatre, was first experimented with within the late 19th and early 18th century by such playwrights as George Bernard Shaw. This style tried to capture the lives of the British higher class in a manner that realistically mirrored the peculiar drama of ruling class British society.Kitchen sink drama, or Kitchen sink realism, is a term applied to a period in British film, literature, and art that occurred during the late 1950s and 1960s. It was based on a general frustration with contemporary life and curated art/literature. Kitchen sink realism depicted the world as it is. It did not shy away from the grimy, everyday realities that modern Britons faced during this period. It was not uncommon to find writing or films that touched on homelessness, alcoholism, pregnancy and abortion, poverty, and more. Kitchen sink realism depicted the world as it is. It did not shy away from the grimy, everyday realities that modern Britons faced during this period. It was not uncommon to find writing or films that touched on homelessness, alcoholism, pregnancy and abortion, poverty, and more. The 1950’s through the 1970’s witnessed the rise of one of the essential movements in modern British theatre: the Kitchen Sink Drama. These varieties of plays had a number of traits that distinguished them as a break from the types of theatre before them. They will be in contrast against theatrical actions equivalent to avantgarde theatre, or the theatre of the absurd, characterised by the plays of authors like Samuel Beckett .
2. What problem was discussed in the novel “Robinson Crusoe” by D. Defoe?
He forced people to stop following what they had previously believed in and follow the rules of the Church of England to govern their life. Henry VIII looked at how changing religion could change his life by getting him a divorce from Catherine of Aragon. He did not care about how forcing others to change their religion could hurt them. Catholics were treated horribly because of Henry VIII’s choice. This is a lot like what Crusoe did with Friday he forced him to believe in Christianity without any concern for how this may contradict some of his former beliefs or culture.I believe that the novel Robinson Crusoe is a great form of historical fiction because one can relate it to British history. Throughout the novel, one can examine the similarities the novel has to Great Britain’s history. Robinson Crusoe was written during a time when Great Britain was heading towards becoming an imperial power and was utilizing the trade industry. The character Robinson Crusoe represents the needs and wants of the citizens in Great Britain during the time through his need for material goods and how he was able to use religion to benefit himself. The author Defoe lived during a time where materialism was on the rise and the wealth of a person meant happiness. At the end of the novel, Robinson Crusoe made the island like Great Britain as he based the civilization on the island off British ways of religion and greed. The history of the book can be seen through the four main themes of the novel progress, self-reliance, civilization, and Christianity. Overall the novel is very interesting and it is intriguing to see how Defoe based the character Robinson Crusoe’s personality on Great Britain’s social ideology.