PPT-Stravinsky and Modernism

Russian nationalism primitivism and cubism Origin of Russian Modern Art Centers on the estate of Savva Mamontov near Moscow Represents a challenge to the Petersburg Academy of Art Focus on Russian national heritage. Week. . 2, Day 1. (8 September 2015). Did You Buy the Class Text??. There is ONE class text ONLY that you MUST obtain for this class. . It’s available from the English Department office (1027), and it costs just 6000 won . Reading Contemporary Fiction. Lecture Week Seven. Structure of the lecture. Realism, a brief recap.. Modernism. Modernist . Fiction. Post-Structuralism and Post-Modernism. A Post-Modern text: 500 Days of Summer. The term was applied to a whole host of movements, many in art, music, and literature, that reacted against modernism, and are typically marked by revival of traditional elements and techniques.. Literature of this period reflects the social activism and social change characteristic of the times. In the latter half of this period, the influence of the digital age is reflected in new and emerging forms of writing and literacy.. The . Lost. Generation. -Isms. Romanticism, Dark Romanticism, Transcendentalism. (Louisiana Purchase, figuring out the role of government, industrialization vs. nature). Realism. (Reaction to the Civil War, push to make literature relatable). Movements in Literature and Art. Modernism in Literature. Post WWI, pre WWII. Nontraditional syntax and forms. Accessible to everyone, not just academics. Pessimistic picture of a culture in chaos. Question moral and philosophical meanings. APPROACHING MODERNISM 1914-1945. Major Influences. World War I. The Jazz Age/Roaring Twenties. Prohibition. The Harlem Renaissance. 19. th. Amendment (Women Suffrage). The . Great Depression. The New . Deal. Factories. Larger cities. Shari Benstock. “In accounting for this ‘unsettling’ of self-unity, one must also consider the political and social effects of World War I, the advent of industrial mechanisation, the loss of belief in God, the loss of colonial empires, the changing status of women and minorities, all of which altered the cultural landscape against which literature was produced in the early years of the twentieth century. We live today in a world that has been constructed out of these changes; nearly all the changes that discomposed the complacent world of 1910 have been culturally assimilated.” . 1882-1970. Igor Stravinsky was born in the . R. ussian seaside town of Lomonosov in 1882. The exciting new rhythmic sounds he invented changed the way people though about music forever.. Perhaps Igor Stravinsky's best-known musical pieces are the ones he wrote early on, when he was just starting out as a serious composer. Igor composed . Modernism. More and more . artists & composers rejected the classical traditions . of art & music and . strove towards originality. . (why?). Avoiding classical harmony and forms . at all cost, they . 1882-1970. Igor Stravinsky was born in the . R. ussian seaside town of Lomonosov in 1882. The exciting new rhythmic sounds he invented changed the way people though about music forever.. Perhaps Igor Stravinsky's best-known musical pieces are the ones he wrote early on, when he was just starting out as a serious composer. Igor composed . Modernism Rachel Smith and Robert Skrob The Beginnings of Modernism The modernist movement arose during the Industrial Revolution . As there was a rapid advance in technology, transportation, and manufacturing, there was a drastic change in the quality of life in American and European countries. A sequel to the hit PowerPoint presentation,. Modernism: More than a mass of crudely drawn rectangles, thank you very much. . (. link here. , in case you forgot that one). * . Menand. , Louis. “Saved From Drowning.” Rev. of . Questions to consider . Define the word “modern” in your own words:. What does the word modern mean to you? . What are its associations?. Is it a positive or negative term? Why?. Definition. Modernism is a literary and cultural international movement which flourished in the first decades of the 20th century. It reflects a sense of cultural crisis which was both exciting and disquieting, in that it opened up a whole new vista of human possibilities at the same time as putting into question any previously accepted means of grounding and evaluating new ideas. Modernism is marked by experimentation, particularly manipulation of form, and by the realization that knowledge is not absolute..