Had we but world enough and time : an exploration of literary movement aesthetics through creative writing : an honors thesis (HONRS 499)

Abstract

This study includes the examination of four literary aesthetic movements: Romanticism, Realism, Modernism, and Postmodernism. It is divided into four sections each designated for a particular movement. The first part of each section is composed of a short, general overview of the basic themes, style, form, characteristics, properties, and assumptions that typify each movement. Following the overview is a short story of my own creation written in the tradition of the movement. Between the description of each movement and its corresponding short story is a short paragraph outlining which elements of the aesthetic I focused on primarily in the development of the story.