Prompt A. With the beginning of the new twentieth century and the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, a new era of literature had begun.

Write an essay in which you discuss the characteristics of modernism and postmodernism in literature. Use at least three different selections from this unit to serve as examples of the characteristics.

Prompt B. Early in the twentieth century, British citizens were thrust into a tragic world war. This war, however, served as an inspiration for great British poetry.

Write an essay in which you discuss the attitudes of different British poets to the perils of war.