English Literature A-Level
20th-century literary movements
What 20th-century literary movements means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of 20th-century literary movements
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Movements such as Modernism and Postmodernism, which this chronological boundary encourages learners to analyse.
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