There was no literature in the middle ages. It takes a printing press to publish literature and that wasn't invented until 1446 in Germany. People couldn't read or write in the middle ages so no one could read literature, if it had existed. Because there was no "new vernacular literature" it did not reflect a national pride. People also didn't have "nationalism" in the middle ages. They owed an allegiance to a king and the nobility.
The new national literature reflected the growing national pride.
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they wrote in the vernacular; they wrote either for self-expression or to portray the individuality of their subjects.
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Which nation? Great Britain, Canada, the United States, Russia?
The values and beliefs of their society.
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In the 1920s writers wrote about the war results of it etc.; therefore literature from that time reflected the horrors of the war.
Modern literature reflects society in a number of ways, both fictionally and non fictionally. Modern morals and values make their way into books and poetry while current trends also often feature heavily in works of literature.
It makes you reflect on the uncertainty we have in real-life decisions.