Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 19 AIL 1852 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Trap: The Movement Label
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The idea
Calling a passage modernist explains nothing by itself, and options offering movement names are usually weaker than options describing what the words do. Unit seven made the point about device names and it holds for period labels too.
In practice
A label is not a description.
Where people slip
Describe what the words do.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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